gijutsuryou o haraimasu.

direct object particle

Breakdown of gijutsuryou o haraimasu.

• 払はらう: to pay
• 技術料ぎじゅつりょう: a technical labor charge

Questions & Answers about gijutsuryou o haraimasu.

How do you read 技術料を払います?

It is read:

ぎじゅつりょう を はらいます。

A full romaji version is:

gijutsu-ryō o haraimasu

A few reading notes:

• 技術 = ぎじゅつ
• 料 = りょう
• を is written wo in some romanization systems, but in modern Japanese it is pronounced o
• 払います = はらいます

What does を do in this sentence?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

So in:

技術料を払います。

the thing being paid is 技術料.

You can think of the structure as:

[fee] + を + [pay]

So を shows what the action of 払います is acting on.

Why is を pronounced o even though it looks like wo?

This is a very common beginner question.

The particle を is historically connected to wo, which is why many romanization systems write it that way. But in modern standard Japanese, it is normally pronounced simply as o.

So:

• written: を
• usually said: o

That is normal and expected.

What exactly does 技術料 mean?