Breakdown of shorui o jisanshimasu.
をo
direct object particle
書類shorui
document
持参するjisansuru
to bring along
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Questions & Answers about shorui o jisanshimasu.
How do you read this sentence?
It is read:
しょるい を じさんします
A few pronunciation notes:
- 書類 = しょるい
- を is pronounced お in modern Japanese
- 持参します = じさんします
So even though the particle is written を, you normally say it like o, not wo.
What does the particle を do here?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
So in 書類を持参します, 書類 is the thing being brought.
You can think of it like this:
- 書類 = the documents
- を = marks them as the object
- 持参します = bring / bring along
In English, we do not have a separate object marker like this, so it can feel unfamiliar at first.
Why is it 持参します and not just 持参?