tefuda o motsu.

direct object particle

Breakdown of tefuda o motsu.

• 持もつ: to hold
• 手札てふだ: a hand of cards

Questions & Answers about tefuda o motsu.

How do you pronounce 手札?

It is usually pronounced てふだ.

• 手 = て
• 札 = ふだ

So the full sentence is:

てふだ を もつ。

A common beginner mistake is to guess a reading from the individual kanji, but in compounds the reading is often fixed and must be learned as a word.

What does を do here?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In 手札を持つ, the thing being possessed or held is 手札, so 手札 is marked with を.

Structure:

• 手札 = the thing
• を = object marker
• 持つ = to hold / to have

So grammatically, it is:

[object] を [verb]

Why is it 持つ and not 持っている?