nendo o koneru.

direct object particle

Breakdown of nendo o koneru.

• 粘土ねんど: pottery clay
• こねる: to knead clay

Questions & Answers about nendo o koneru.

How do you read 粘土 を こねる。?

It is read:

ねんど を こねる。
Nendo o koneru.

A few pronunciation notes:

• 粘土 = ねんど
• The particle を is pronounced お in modern Japanese, even though it is written を
• こねる = to knead

So aloud, it sounds like nendo o koneru.

What does the particle を do here?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In this sentence:

• 粘土 = the thing being acted on
• こねる = the action, to knead

So 粘土をこねる means to knead clay, where clay is the object receiving the action.

This is very common in Japanese:

• パンを食べる = eat bread
• 本を読む = read a book
• 粘土をこねる = knead clay

Why is こねる at the end?