takkyuu o suru.

direct object particle

Breakdown of takkyuu o suru.

• する: to play
• 卓球たっきゅう: table tennis

Questions & Answers about takkyuu o suru.

How do you read 卓球?

It is read たっきゅう (takkyuu).

A couple of pronunciation points:

• っ is a small tsu that creates a brief pause or doubled consonant: た・っ・きゅう
• きゅう sounds like kyuu

So it sounds roughly like tak-kyoo, with a little stop before the k sound.

What part of speech is 卓球 here?

Here, 卓球 is a noun meaning table tennis.

It is not acting like a verb by itself. The verb action comes from する, so the whole pattern is:

• 卓球 = table tennis
• を = marks it as the thing being done
• する = to do

So literally, the sentence is something like do table tennis.

Why is を used here?