robotto ga hako o hakobu.

The robot carries boxes.

Breakdown of robotto ga hako o hakobu.

• を: direct object particle
• が: subject particle
• 箱はこ: box
• 運はこぶ: to carry

Questions & Answers about robotto ga hako o hakobu.

What do が and を mean in this sentence?

They are particles, which show the role of each noun in the sentence.

• ロボット が = the robot is the subject, the thing doing the action
• 箱 を = the box is the direct object, the thing being carried

So in ロボット が 箱 を 運ぶ, が marks who does it, and を marks what is acted on.

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Why does the verb 運ぶ come at the end?

Japanese sentences normally put the main verb at the end.

So instead of English The robot carries the box, Japanese is structured more like:

• Robot
  • subject marker
• box
  • object marker
• carry

That is very normal in Japanese. A basic pattern is:

Subject + Object + Verb

So ロボット が 箱 を 運ぶ follows a very standard Japanese word order.

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What form is 運ぶ?