jijitsu o kakuninshimashita.

I checked the fact.

Breakdown of jijitsu o kakuninshimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• 確認かくにんする: to check
• 事実じじつ: a fact

Questions & Answers about jijitsu o kakuninshimashita.

How do you read 事実 を 確認しました?

It is read:

じじつ を かくにんしました
jijitsu o kakunin shimashita

A few notes:

• 事実 = じじつ
• を is the object particle. It is written を but in modern Japanese it is pronounced お / o
• 確認しました = かくにんしました

So the whole sentence is jijitsu o kakunin shimashita.

What does を do here?

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In this sentence:

• 事実 = the fact / the facts
• を = marks 事実 as the thing being acted on
• 確認しました = confirmed

So 事実を確認しました literally means something like:

[I/we/etc.] confirmed the facts

English uses word order a lot to show this relationship, but Japanese often uses particles like を.

Why is it 確認しました and not just 確認した?