Breakdown of kontakuto o ireta mama nete wa ikemasen.
をo
direct object particle
〜た〜ta
past tense
ままmama
as is; state
寝るneru
to sleep
Questions & Answers about kontakuto o ireta mama nete wa ikemasen.
Why is コンタクト used by itself? Doesn’t contact mean several things?
Yes. In Japanese, コンタクト is a very common shortened form of コンタクトレンズ.
So in this sentence:
- コンタクト = contact lenses / contacts
Even though the full word is not said, the meaning is usually clear from context. This kind of shortening is very common in Japanese.
Why is the particle を used after コンタクト?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
Here, the verb is 入れる, which literally means to put in / insert. So the sentence treats the contact lenses as the thing being put into the eyes.
- コンタクトを入れる = to put in contact lenses
So コンタクトを is the object of 入れた.
Why does the sentence use 入れた instead of 入れる?
