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Help me in Japanese?
Hi. I am only 13, and I am very much interested in learning Japanese. I would like to communicate with somebody who lives in Japan, and I can help them in learning English, if they would like. Anyway, my main question is about sentence particles. The particle "o" confuses me most. Do I use it like this?

-object- o -what is happening to the object-

or is it like...

-what is happening- o -object-

Please help me. I am so confused. I will probably not be on this message board too often, and I would greatly appreciate it if I was contacted by email. Still am I looking for a penpal...

Anyway, just email me please. Remember, I can help you in English. I may be only of 13 years, but I take advanced English classes in school. Help is just around the corner.

Thanx,
Alexandria

Language pair: English; All
ArchivedMember
December 19, 2004

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Re:Help me in Japanese?
The object marker o always comes after the object, so it's

-object- o -what is happening to the object-

Maybe the reason you're confused is because of the honorific o which goes in front of a word to indicate respect.

If you're reading in japanese (kana or kanji and kana) then you shouldn't confuse them as the honorific o is written as the hiragana 'o', but the object marker uses the hiragana 'wo' (though it's pronounced wo) but in romaji they're both just written 'o' which might confuse.

I hope that helps.

Language pair: English; All
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Kathryn
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January 5, 2005

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