shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku o kuraberu.

I compare a city bicycle and a cross bike.

Breakdown of shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku o kuraberu.

• を: direct object particle
• と: noun-connector particle
• 比くらべる: to compare
• シティサイクル: a city bicycle

Questions & Answers about shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku o kuraberu.

Why are there spaces between the Japanese words? I thought Japanese usually didn’t use spaces.

You’re right: normal Japanese is usually written without spaces.

So this sentence would normally be written as:

シティサイクルとクロスバイクを比べる。

Spaces are often added in learning materials to make the parts easier to see. They are not part of standard writing.

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What does と do here?

Here, と connects the two nouns:

• シティサイクル
• クロスバイク

In this sentence, と works like and:

• シティサイクルとクロスバイク = city cycles and cross bikes

With 比べる, this is a very common pattern for listing the things being compared.

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Why is there only one を after both nouns?

Because the two nouns together form one object phrase of the verb.

So:

• シティサイクルとクロスバイク = the two things being grouped together
• を marks that whole group as the object of 比べる

It’s similar to English:

• Compare city cycles and cross bikes.

You wouldn’t normally mark each noun separately in Japanese here.

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