助詞「を」. Case particle indicating the direct object of a verb or the course of a motion verb.
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The difference between が and を with the potential form of a verb
When using the potential form of a verb, I was taught that the particle を becomes が. However, in real life this seems to not always be the case. I've even heard Japanese people use を instead of が quite often.
What's the difference between the…
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Why is it 日本語がわかります instead of 日本語をわかります?
From what I understand, は is the topic marker, が is the subject marker, and を is the object marker.
One of the first sentences I learned doesn't seem to fit the rules I described above. The sentence is:
わたしは日本語がわかります.
watashi wa nihongo ga …
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Usage of ～を好き outside of embedded clauses
日本語文法の初心者です :D
In general, を is not used with 好き because 好き is a na-adjective:
彼は猫が好きです。 — correct
彼は猫を好きです。 — incorrect
If this part is "embedded" as a clause, を is also acceptable, and this phenomenon is asked and answered in other questions…
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Making sense of transitive usage of 行く and 来る - 「を行く」 and 「を来る」
I think it's known that some intransitive verbs can take を particle and be used as transitive verbs such as for example 「私のことを分かってくれない」. While using 分かる transitively would require specific scenarios or patterns, from the point of view of an English…
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Does the particle "を" (wo) have a special use when at the end of a sentence?
I thought the character "を" (wo) was only used for the particle whose only job was to indicate the direct object of a verb.
But today I saw it at the end of an exclamation on a sign I think on a shop:
西部に活力を!!
So what job is を doing here?
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Two を in a single sentence - how to understand it?
In the book I'm reading (「キッチン」 by 吉本{よしもと}ばなな) I have found the following sentence:
うしろで雄一がぞうきんを手に床をふいてくれていた。
I guess it can be translated to something like (sorry for a quite literal translation): "Behind (me) Yuuichi was wiping the floor with a…
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Passive form - The exact difference between を and が
I've seen this question asked before, but i feel the answer didn't quite answer all my questions, so here goes.
Now, I am rather sure that this:
ケーキが食べられた
Means:
The cake was eaten. (by someone)
Now, recently I've noticed a few cases where the…
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を vs が with use against 好き?
The difference between が and を with the potential form of a verb. and Is it true that all nouns must be able to accept a が particle and a を particle? are noted as possible duplicates; however, I haven't seen an analogous structure. The examples I…
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この道をまっすぐ行ってください。 Why を and not で?
In a quiz, I got a question where one had to complete with に、を、で or が the following sentence:
この道（？）まっすぐ行ってください。
The correct answer being:
この道をまっすぐ行ってください。
It always seems more natural to me to put で here instead of を as 道 describes where the…
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What's the difference between -ga and -o when they are used to designate a direct object?
During the past month I've been addicted to Japanese. I've listened to about 10 online tutorial video courses and read about as much printed lessons. I am determined to learn Japanese, but I am really a newbie so my question may be very basic, but…
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What is the difference between using を and と with the verb 言う?
I apologize if this is a basic question, but it's something I've never been entirely clear on. When using the verb 言う (to say), I can never figure out whether to use the particle -と or the particle -を for the thing being said. I know that -と is…
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Nominalization with のが、のを
I've just learned to nominalize verbs with のを but as I was looking for more info on the web I saw that this is also done with のが and こと. The question "What is the difference between the nominalizers こと and の?" uses のを and のが as if they were the same…
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How does the particle を relate to the verb 行く in the structure「A を + B に行く」?
I came across this sentence in my japanese practicing material (the point is I didn't make up the sentence so I assume it's correct or at least commonly used)
日本についてのアンケートを中国人100人に行った。
and It doesn't make sense to me. What I guess the sentence means…
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Do "direct object を" and "directional を" occupy the same slot?
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (ADoBJG) lists more than one を particle. In particular:
On page 347, it lists o1, a particle which marks a direct object.
On page 349, it lists o2, a particle which indicates a space in / on / across /…
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Why is the を particle used twice here
I came across this sentence in the basic kanji book
くつを一足とくつ下を四足買いました
The sentence has two を particles even though I thought the を particles can only be used once in a sentence. I thought since the と particle connects two nouns together it would…
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