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What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by yuakara_99 on 2005-10-29 00:31:55
What is the link of the word "Wo" in japanese?? I tot that chinese use the word "wo" meaning i? is it?

Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by gendou on 2005-10-29 16:11:26
in japanese, the particle ã‚’ is used to designate the direct object in a sentence.


Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by korndog on 2005-11-16 02:02:03
yup, wo is i in chinese. man, i just learned ã‚’ today in japanese class, pretty straight forward, but i keep on using messing up between ni, de and the other particles. dammit i need to benkyo.


Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Yoruko on 2005-11-16 16:38:57
any body know the difference between "wa" and "ga" in japanese? i get confused!

Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Euphony on 2005-11-16 18:28:08
They are both very similar. I think generally wa is used as for a topic sentence, while ga is used for a specific subject

Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Nanashi on 2005-12-11 20:48:01
Think of WA as marking the subject that is the main focus of the sentence... If the verb is the main focus in the sentence any subject will be marked with GA...

I think...

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Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by TheYouko on 2005-12-12 07:49:30
Its a particle of the sentence, as said before by many.

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Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by on 2006-01-09 22:51:52
ã‚’(wo) is the particle that signifies the direct object.

As in the sentence:
ジャックが／はリンゴを食べました。
Jyakku ga/wa ringo wo tabemashita.
Jack ate an apple.

Jack is eating the apple, which makes it the direct object, so the Japanese word for apple is folllowed by the particle wo, so "ringo wo."

Jack can either be followed by the subject particle ga (Jack is the one who is doing the eating) or by the topic particle wa (We are talking about Jack and what he is up to.) Usually if its the first time we bring up Jack, or he is doing something new, we use the topic marker.

Hope that helps ^_^

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Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Megashenron on 2006-01-14 14:46:39
Even after 2 years of Japnaese, I still don't have the full grasp of は and が, but another use of が is to answer a question. To use the previous example of Jack eating an apple:

だれがりんごを食べましたか。
Dare ga ringo wo tabemashitaka.
Who ate the apple?

ジャックがりんごを食べました。
Jack ga ringo wo tabemashita.
Jack ate the apple.

In this case, because you're answering the question だれが, you have to use ジャックが.

Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by lildjnoodlegrl on 2006-07-08 16:29:09
im currentally working a website that teaches the japanese language... and i just happened to be working on the particals page... and well hahah i found this lmao...anyways..... here yah go... the basic japanese 1 particals =D


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DE で
"De" is placed after a noun of location to indicate where an action takes place / took place / will take place.De is used as "at" in the sentence to state where the action was done.

Example:
わたしは　だいがくで　にほんごを　べんきょう　しています。
Watashiwa daigaku de nihongo wo benkyou shite-imasu.
I studying Japanese at Collage.
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KA か
"Ka" is the question make in the Japanese language. All you go to do with it is put it at an end of a sentence to make it a question.
Example:
おてあらいへ　いっても　いいですか。
Otearai e ittemo ii desu ka.
May I go use the restroom?
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KARA から
"Kara" is one of the cool particles...it helps you tell from what time to what time; Place to place, action to action. It can be used in other ways too but lets just stick to this one for now.

Example:
ごぜん　しちじ　から　ごごに　ぼくは　おさかへ　いきました。
Gozen shichiji kara gogo niji ni boku wa Oosaka e ikimashita.
I went to Osaka from 7:00am to 2:00pm.
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MO ã‚‚
"mo" is usually found after a noun. "Mo" can be used in a list form like "To" (see below for more detail). But unlike "to", "mo" means also. "Mo" is used in a listing form to indicate that you also want to eat something. "Mo" can also mean to have something in common between 2 items.

Example: the simple listing of nouns...
わたしは　りんごも　みかんも　バナナが　たべたい　です。
Watashiwa ringomo mikanmo bananaga tabetai desu.
I also want to eat apples, oranges, and bananas.

"To" is used in a listing form to indicate exactly what you want to eat.
わたしは　りんごと　みかんと　バナナが　たべたい　です。
Watashiwa ringoto mikanto bananaga tabetai desu.
I want to eat apples, oranges, and bananas.

"Ya" is used in a listing form to indicate the kind of things that you want to eat.
わたしは　りんごや　みかんや　バナナが　たべたい　です。
Watashiwa ringoya mikanya bananaga tabetai desu.
I want to eat things like apples, oranges, and bananas.

Example:
あなたは　じゅうごさい　です。わたしも　じゅうごさい　です。
Anatawa juugosai desu. Watashi mo juugosai desu.
You are 15 years old. I am also 15 years old.
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NE ね & NEE ねえ
"Ne" and "Nee" are used in almost the same way. "Ne" is used for statement in more of a question that someone would agree with. And "Nee" it used for stating a fact with a lot of emotion.

Example:
あつい　ですね。
atsui desu ne.
Isn't it hot today?

あつい　ですねえ。
Atsu desu nee!
It is hot today!
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NO の
The Particle "No" is used for possessive cases...

Example:
わたしの　ほん　です。
Watashino hon desu.
My Book.

"Watashi" means "I / me" to make them possessive you change the word to "my / mine" using the partial （の）"No" makes that change.
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O (WO) ã‚’
The Particle (Wo) is used for when you are going to do something to an object.

Example:
わたしは (--Food--) を　たべます。
Watashi wa (--Food--) wo Tabemasu.
I am eating (--Food--).
Just Replace (--Food--) with what ever you want to eat.
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TO と
"to" is found after a noun. "To" is used to create a list of nouns.

Example:
わたしは　りんごと　みかんと　バナナが　たべたい　です。
Watashiwa ringoto mikanto bananaga tabetai desu.
I want to eat apples, oranges, and bananas.
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WA は
The Hiragana（は）"Ha" is pronounced as 'Wa' Because it is a particle. >.<
This particle states the subject of the sentence.

Example:
わたしの　なまえは　気美子　です。
Watashino namaewa Kimiko desu.
My name is Kimiko.

The subject of this sentence is "My Name". Desu is like "is; are" sometimes "Is; are" is not needed in a sentence in order for it to make sense. But in Japanese it is mandatory that you put Desu at the end of your sentences to help the reader or listener know you have finished a sentence...
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YA ã‚„
"Ya" is used like "To" but the particle "To" refers to a specific place, time, and object. "Ya" creates more of a variety of things.

Example:
がっこうへ　いく　ときと　かいものに　いくは　かるまで　いきます。
Gakkou e iku toki to kaimono ni iku wa karuma de ikimasu.
I drive my car (only when I) go to school and go shopping.

But when you change the "To" to a "Ya" then the meaning of the sentence changes.

がっこうへ　いく　ときや　かいものに　いくは　かるまで　いきます。
Gakkou e iku toki ya kaimono ni iku wa karuma de ikimasu.
I drive my car to go to school and go shopping, (and go other places).
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tell me if this helps out any

あなたの思考を見なさい; それらは単語になる。
あなたの単語を見なさい; それらは行為になる。
あなたの行為を見なさい; それらは習慣になる。
あなたの習慣を見なさい; それらは特性になる。
あなたの特性を見なさい; それはあなたの運命になる。

Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Krozar on 2006-07-10 01:18:22 (edited 2006-07-10 01:19:46)
^ nice post lildj!

Here are some wonderful links on particles:

intro to particles:「は」「も」「が」
verb-related: 「を」「に」「へ」「で」
noun-related: 「と」「や」「とか」「の」

In fact, that whole site is quite good, the articles and lessons are very well written and detailed. It is just as good if not better than any book out there and you can cursor over the Japanese to see the reading. It also forces you to jump right into basic kanji and hirigana right off the bat which is good.


Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by on 2006-07-10 07:54:37
The partcles は and が are both subject markers in a sentance however は cannot be used in a compound sentance used to modify a noun where が can.
耳がないヤンキーは聞こえないと限らない。
Se how "が" is used in the compound sentance describing the hooligan.


Re: What is the meaning of "Wo" in Japanese??
Link | by Ahiko on 2006-07-11 21:27:39
GA and WA are used interchangeably in sentences, but using GA adds more emphasis to the topic/title.

ぼくはばかです。
boku wa baka desu. (I am an idiot/stupid.)

ぼくがばかです。
boku ga baka desu. (I am an idiot/stupid.)

Both sentences mean the same thing, but with replacing WA with GA in the second sentence, the speaker places more emphasis on himself being baka/an idiot. Also, for persuasive purposes, GA is used rather than WA since phonetically, it's a more emphasized syllable than WA.

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