japanese word order and the particle (w)o
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Japanese Word Order
SOVPlease / May I …
Japanese Word Order
Japanese Word Order
Japanese Word Order
THE OBJECT MARKER
を(wo)
OBJECT (thing/noun)VERB
The object marker を
The particle を is called the object marker. This is because it comes after the object of a verb.
It tells us WHAT is being listened to, WHAT is being watched / looked at, WHAT is being read, etc.
What is the object in the following sentences?
• Please lend me a book• Everyday I watch TV• Yesterday I studied Japanese• May I open the window?• Please listen to the tape• I closed the door• Please sit down
Make the following words the object of a sentence in Japanese
• HON• DOA• JOUGI• MADO• TEEPU (tape)• TEREBI• HIRAGANA
What do these sentences mean?
• Hon wo akete kudasai• Ongaku wo kiite kudasai• Tatte kudasai• Doa wo shimete kudasai• Hiragana wo kaite kudasai• Pen wo kashite kudasai• Suwatte kudasai
All verbs in Japanese have a form which ends in て (te)
AKETE
SHIMETE
TATTEKAITE
KIITE
SUWATTE
By simply adding different endings to these –te verbs, we can say a variety of things.
Adding “KUDASAI” means “Please do …”
Adding “MO II DESU KA” means “May I do …”
Translate into Japanese
1. Please open the book = HON O AKETE KUDASAI ( ほん を あけて ください）
2. May I open the window = MADO WO AKETE MO II DESU KA ( まど を あけて もいい です か）
3. May I listen to music = ONGAKU WO KIITE MO II DESU KA ( おんがく を きいて も いい です か )
4. Please write the hiragana = HIRAGANA WO KAITE KUDASAI ( ひらがな を かいて ください )
5. Please lend me a pencil. = ENPITSU WO KASHITE KUDASAI （えんぴつ を かして ください）
6. Homework = translate the 5 sentences