pasokon ga deeta o shorishimasu.

direct object particle

Breakdown of pasokon ga deeta o shorishimasu.

• が: subject particle
• パソコン: computer
• データ: data

Questions & Answers about pasokon ga deeta o shorishimasu.

Why is が used after パソコン? Why not は?

が marks パソコン as the grammatical subject of the sentence: it is the thing doing the processing.

So in this sentence, パソコンが means the computer as the subject.

If you used は instead, the nuance would change. は marks the topic, so パソコンはデータを処理します would sound more like as for the computer, it processes data. That can work too, but it has a slightly different feel.

A simple way to remember it:

• が = identifies the subject
• は = introduces the topic

What does を do in データを?

を marks the direct object of the verb, meaning the thing that receives the action.

Here, データを処理します means that data is the thing being processed.

So:

• パソコンが = the computer does the action
• データを = the data receives the action
• 処理します = processes

How is を pronounced here?