HomeLearn JapaneseIn a JLPT n5 grammar practice question: why is を (the one in 「」) used in this sentence? And what is the meaning of 気 in this sentence? 道「を」わたるとき、車に気をつけてください。
In a JLPT n5 grammar practice question: why is を (the one in 「」) used in this sentence? And what is the meaning of 気 in this sentence? 道「を」わたるとき、車に気をつけてください。
Because the thing 道 you are crossing わたる is the object of that action, and therefore uses を. Some similar phrases 道を歩く (to walk a path), 空を飛ぶ (to fly (through the sky)).
https://jisho.org/search/%E3%82%92 see the third definition of を. For example, 廊下を歩く means “walk along the hallway”. It is commonly used with a movement verb happening over an area (but not from or to a location.)
を when used with directional/motion intransitive verbs (e.g. 渡る, 歩く, 走る, 通る) indicates the space/location through which said verb is performed.
気を付ける is a set phrase meaning “take care/be careful/be mindful”.
を marks the direct object in a logical clause. For example, パンを食べる means “I eat bread”.
Please note that this has to be directly transitive. If I wanted to say “I talk to Mary” it would be incorrect to translate that as “私はメアリーを話す”. That would translate to “I talk Mary”, as if Mary were a language I were speaking. It’s ungrammatical. The correct particle would be と or に instead of を.
Here is a short video that may help for my favorite Japanese grammar YouTuber who dose her videos in English. This has been one of the single best resources in my learning.
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Personally I think the brackets (the 「」) are just used to help identify the answer visually. 気をつける means to be careful / to watch out for
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You use を when you describe moving through/across a space/location.
気をつけて is a set phrase which essentially means “take care”. [This video has more info on 気](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHHd3nHkFb0).
Because the thing 道 you are crossing わたる is the object of that action, and therefore uses を. Some similar phrases 道を歩く (to walk a path), 空を飛ぶ (to fly (through the sky)).
https://jisho.org/search/%E3%82%92 see the third definition of を. For example, 廊下を歩く means “walk along the hallway”. It is commonly used with a movement verb happening over an area (but not from or to a location.)
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https://www.imabi.net/theparticlewoi.htm
what website is this?
を when used with directional/motion intransitive verbs (e.g. 渡る, 歩く, 走る, 通る) indicates the space/location through which said verb is performed.
気を付ける is a set phrase meaning “take care/be careful/be mindful”.
を marks the direct object in a logical clause. For example, パンを食べる means “I eat bread”.
Please note that this has to be directly transitive. If I wanted to say “I talk to Mary” it would be incorrect to translate that as “私はメアリーを話す”. That would translate to “I talk Mary”, as if Mary were a language I were speaking. It’s ungrammatical. The correct particle would be と or に instead of を.
Here is a short video that may help for my favorite Japanese grammar YouTuber who dose her videos in English. This has been one of the single best resources in my learning.
https://youtu.be/dwcTI9qvO-U