Breakdown of pasokon o kidousuru.

Questions & Answers about pasokon o kidousuru.
を marks the direct object of the verb. In パソコンを起動する, the thing being started up is パソコン.
So the structure is:
- パソコン = personal computer
- を = object marker
- 起動する = to start up / to boot
A rough literal breakdown is start up the computer.
起動する is a する-verb.
That means it is built from:
- 起動 = startup / activation / booting
- する = to do
So 起動する literally works like to do startup, but in natural English it means to start up, to boot up, or to launch, depending on context.
Because it is a する-verb, it conjugates like する:
- 起動する = plain form
- 起動します = polite form
- 起動した = started up / booted up
- 起動して = start up and...
- 起動しない = do not start up