を
JLPT N5:object marker
Marks the direct object — the thing an action is done to. It is read お.
How to form it
- Put を after the thing that receives the action: 水を飲みます (I drink water).
- With verbs of movement, を marks the place you move through or leave: 公園を歩く (walk through the park), 家を出る (leave the house).
Examples
本を読みます。
I read books.
毎朝、公園を散歩します。
I walk in the park every morning.
Notes
- Casual speech often drops を: ご飯食べた？ (did you eat?).
Common mistakes
- Using を for what you get into or onto. Say バスに乗る (get on the bus), not バスを乗る.