kaigishitsu o tehaishita.

direct object particle

Breakdown of kaigishitsu o tehaishita.

• 会議室かいぎしつ: meeting room
• 手配てはいする: to arrange

Questions & Answers about kaigishitsu o tehaishita.

How is 会議室を手配した pronounced?

It is pronounced:

かいぎしつ を てはいした
Romanization: kaigishitsu o tehai shita

A few notes:

• 会議室 = かいぎしつ
• The particle を is written wo, but in modern Japanese it is usually pronounced o
• 手配した = てはいした

What does the particle を do in this sentence?

を marks 会議室 as the direct object of the verb.

So in this sentence:

• 会議室 = the meeting room
• を = marks it as the thing being arranged
• 手配した = arranged

A very literal breakdown would be:

meeting room + object marker + arranged

Why is the verb at the end?

Because Japanese normally places the main verb at the end of the clause.

This is one of the biggest word-order differences from English. Japanese often follows a subject–object–verb pattern, while English usually uses subject–verb–object.

So:

• English: I arranged the meeting room
• Japanese: (I) meeting room arranged

Even though that sounds strange in English, it is normal in Japanese.