This document discusses Japanese word order and the use of particles like wo. It explains that wo is the object marker particle that follows the object of a verb. It provides examples of sentences using wo to mark the object and teaches how to change the verb form to -te to make polite requests using kudasai or ask permission using mo ii desu ka. Key verbs like aku (to open), kaku (to write), and kiku (to listen) are used in example sentences and translations to demonstrate these concepts.

1. Japanese Word Order
SOV
Please / May I …

2. Japanese Word Order

3. Japanese Word Order

4. Japanese Word Order

5. THE OBJECT MARKER
を
(wo)
OBJECT (thing/noun)
VERB

6. The object marker を
The particle を is called the object marker. This
is because it comes after the object of a verb.
It tells us WHAT is being listened to, WHAT is
being watched / looked at, WHAT is being read,
etc.

7. What is the object in the following
sentences?
• Please lend me a book
• Everyday I watch TV
• Yesterday I studied Japanese
• May I open the window?
• Please listen to the tape
• I closed the door
• Please sit down

8. Make the following words the object of a
sentence in Japanese
• HON
• DOA
• JOUGI
• MADO
• TEEPU (tape)
• TEREBI
• HIRAGANA

9. What do these sentences mean?
• Hon wo akete kudasai
• Ongaku wo kiite kudasai
• Tatte kudasai
• Doa wo shimete kudasai
• Hiragana wo kaite kudasai
• Pen wo kashite kudasai
• Suwatte kudasai

10. All verbs in Japanese have a
form which ends in て (te)
AKETE
SHIMETE
TATTE
KAITE
KIITE
SUWATTE
By simply adding different
endings to these –te verbs, we
can say a variety of things.
Adding “KUDASAI” means “Please do …”
Adding “MO II DESU KA” means “May I do …”

11. Translate into Japanese
1. Please open the book = HON O AKETE KUDASAI ( ほん を
あけて ください）
2. May I open the window = MADO WO AKETE MO II
DESU KA ( まど を あけて もいい です か）
3. May I listen to music = ONGAKU WO KIITE MO II DESU KA
( おんがく を きいて も いい です か )
4. Please write the hiragana = HIRAGANA WO KAITE
KUDASAI ( ひらがな を かいて ください )
5. Please lend me a pencil. = ENPITSU WO KASHITE KUDASAI
（えんぴつ を かして ください）
6. Homework = translate the 5 sentences