Particle "Wo"

PARTICLE を

• 1.     を　Is used with everyday verbs, such as read, eat, take a break, know, etc.

Ex:       風邪を引いて会社を休みました。

è I caught a cold, and took a day off work.

           毎あさパンと卵を食べます。

è I eat bread and eggs every morning.

• 2.     Used with verbs of continuous motion and a finite place/distance, such as walk, cross, go for a walk, run, fly.

Ex:       鳥になって空を飛びたいです。

è I want to be a bird and fly.

           この道をあるいて学校へ行きます。

è I walk along this road on the way to school.

• 3.     Used with transportation such as train, bus, taxi, etc., to express “getting off/out of” verbs.

Ex:       バスを降りて、５分くらい歩きます。

è Get off the bus, and walk for about 5 minutes.

           ちかてつをおりて、バスにのります。

è Get off the subway, and get on the bus.

• 4.     Used with 「出る」

Ex:       仕事が終わって、会社を出ました。

è After finishing work I left the office.

• 5.     Used with transitive verbs, that is verbs that take a direct object. (That is a subject does the action, not the object)

Ex:       先生が授業を始める。

è The professor starts the class.

           女の子がまどをあけています

è The girl opens the window.