watashitachi wa tanka o hakobu.

We carry the stretcher.

Breakdown of watashitachi wa tanka o hakobu.

• は: topic particle
• を: direct object particle
• 私わたしたち: we
• 運はこぶ: to carry

Questions & Answers about watashitachi wa tanka o hakobu.

How is this sentence read aloud?

It is read:

わたしたち は たんか を はこぶ。

In rōmaji:

watashitachi wa tanka o hakobu

A few notes:

• は is written ha but pronounced wa here because it is the topic particle.
• を is often pronounced simply o in modern Japanese.

Why is は pronounced wa instead of ha?

When は is used as a particle, it is pronounced wa.

So in:

• 私たち は = As for us / we

But when は is part of a normal word, it is usually pronounced ha.

This is one of the first spelling-pronunciation mismatches learners meet in Japanese.

What does 私たち mean exactly?

私たち means we.

It is made of:

• 私 = I / me
• たち = a suffix that makes it plural or marks a group

So 私たち is literally something like I + group, which becomes we.

A useful point: Japanese often leaves out pronouns when they are clear from context, so 私たち is not always required in real conversation.