Lesson 4: The Object - を

New Vocabulary

なに ... What
あさごはん ... Breakfast
ひるごはん ... Lunch
ばんごはん ... Dinner
みず ... Water
たべます ... Eat
のみます ... Drink
ゴブリン ... Goblin
がいこつ ... Skeleton
ゾンビ ... Zombie
こうげき します ... Attack
を ... (Object Marker)

New Grammar

Verb Form - “ます”
  • Verbs have different “forms” or “tenses”. For example: Eat, Ate, Eating, Was Eating... etc.
  • The “ます” form of verbs has two meanings:
  • (1) You WILL do the verb ("I will eat dinner")
  • (2) You do the verb 'habitually' ("I eat dinner every day")
Particle を - Direct Object
  • The particle を (pronounced: o) designates the direct object of the sentence.
  • Put を after the object of the sentence.
なに vs. なん
  • Both mean “what”, but it is only appropriate to use each in certain situations.
  • なに is used before the を and が particles. It is not used before all particles.
  • なん is used before です: "なん です か" = What is it?
Picture
がいこつ を こうげき します

Examples

  1.  なに を たべます か。 “What will you eat?”
  2. ゴブリン を こうげき します。 “I will attack the goblin.”
  3. なに を のみます か。 “What will you drink?” 
  4. ゾンビ は ドルイド を たべます。 “The Zombie will eat the druid”
  5. ファイター は がいこつ を こうげき します。 “The fighter attacks the skeleton.”
  6. ばんごはん を たべます。  “I will eat dinner”
  7. みず を のみます。”I will drink water” 
  8. あさごはん を たべます か。 “Will you eat breakfast?”
  9. ゾンビ を たべます か。　”Will you eat the zombie?”

Practice

(1) Make up your own sentences!
Your party is in a dungeon. The party consists of a cleric, druid, fighter and a sorcerer. You see a zombie, a goblin and a skeleton. Tell your game master/dungeon master what the party members and the enemies will do. Try to make at least 6 sentences.
(2) What’s going to happen? Answer the questions!
  • ソーサラー は なに を たべます か。__________________________________________________

  • ウィザード は なに を こうげき します か。______________________________________________

  • ゴブリン は なに を たべます か。____________________________________________________

  • ゾンビ は なに を こうげき します か。_________________________________________________

  • バーバリアン は なに を こうげき します か。____________________________________________

  • あなた は みず を のみます か。_____________________________________________________

  • わたし は ゾンビ を こうげき します か。________________________________________________

  • モンク は バード を たべます か。____________________________________________________
(3) Translate these sentences into Japanese. (Yes, some of the sentences are weird. Just go with it!)
  • I am a druid. I will eat dinner. I will attack the zombie.___________________________________________

  • You are a bard. I will attack you. I will eat you._________________________________________________

  • The character is a barbarian. The barbarian eats goblins. _______________________________________

  • I drink water. I eat dinner. I attack skeletons. __________________________________________________

  • I am you. You eat breakfast. I eat dinner._____________________________________________________

  • What will you eat? Will you eat lunch?_______________________________________________________