JLPT N5 grammar

〜を

〜を means object marker. It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. `を` marks the direct object of an action. Use it after the noun that is eaten, drunk, read, written, or directly acted on.

Japanese sources describe it as 「目的語を表す「を」」.

〜を examples

水を飲みます。

I drink water.

本を読みます。

I read a book.

〜を exercises

Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.

  1. 田中さんは水( )飲みます。

    • が
    • で
    • を ✓
    • に

    Tanaka drinks water.

  2. 私は手紙( )書きます。

    • を ✓
    • で
    • に
    • へ

    I write a letter.

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