Apologies if my posts on here are a bit repetetive, but when placing を after a word, what does it do? Like if i said 彼を, what would it change from “He”? According to Google, it turns “he” into a possesive form but i can’t FULLY trust that as a beginner so i’m asking here.
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Particles cannot be directly translated, there is no English word for them
を comes after things that are direct objects of transitive verbs
食べ物を食べる=たべものをたべる
The を must be there to identify what たべる is targeted at
Are you following a book or program, like genki 1 or Tae Kim’s guide?
This should be explained in the first couple chapters of any learning material
It marks the direct object when used with a transitive verb. So if you say 彼がパンを食べる which would be something like “He eats bread”. If you accidentally flip thr particles パンが彼を食べる, you’d be saying instead “Bread eats him”. Which depending on your kink may well be a real sentence.
a good site to bookmark is tofugu
[https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/particle-wo/](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/particle-wo/)
in my case I purchased a Grammar books an its been a lot of help
also doing searches like : **を + grammar**
good luck in you studies
を is what the verb gets done to.
If I wanted to say I am eating an apple, I would use を after apple, because that is what I am eating. The eating is being done to an apple.
This is a very simple way of explaining it, you’ll have to explore Japanese more to get a good feel for exactly when to use it, but hopefully it gets you started!