I having such a hard time with Japanese particles people keep explaining the basic meanings of each particles but I already know that so can someone explain to me the other uses of the particle を and give me detail of how I should look at it cause I’m so frustrated 😭
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Did you already went to Miku?
I’m not sure what part of を you dont understand, so I’m just going to brain dump what I know. It would be best if you could provide specific sentences where を confuses you.
My understanding comes mostly from the JSL textbook. The を particle *usually* refers to a direct object of an action you do to something or someone else. It comes in the form of Direct object XをVerb Y, i.e. 水を飲む。”I drink water.” However, marking “direct object” doesnt encompass all of what を does. I dont have a full understanding of it yet, but you can also use を in terms of walking : この道を行く。”Walk down this street.” There might be some way you understand “street” as a direct object of your walking, but idk. Theres also this: 大学を出る。”Graduate from college.”
In fact, with verbs like 出る, it can have really different meanings depending on what particles you attach to it. From what I’ve learned, I see に出る and を出る as sort of opposites. For example, if you have 授業*に出る*, that’s “attending class” or “going *to class*”, however if you have something like 家*を出る* now it means “leaving house” or “leaving *from home*”.
My point is, it’s probably best to understand particles not as an individual thing but with connections to other Japanese grammar–i.e. other particles, the verb it’s used with etc. So instead of focusing on what を is, you can try to find verbs that often pair up with を and what it generally means. You can try to find what particles often replaces を (and what particles を replaces) and how that changes the meaning of a sentence. Note: I’m not talking about *interchangeable replacements*, I’m more talking about counterparts of particles who may appear with a similar phrase pattern like に出る and を出る. What’s incredibly important here is to get tons and tons of example sentences, i.e. input.