Foods(jp)

あまい(sweet, amai)

Object Particle

You do something to a noun，like when you eat something or drink something，you put を after the thing that receives the action.

Also, you may notice that verbs in Japanese often end with ‑ます (‑masu). Notice that ‑ます (‑masu) verbs can refer to either the present or the future, depending on context. It’s like when we say I’m eating now or I’m eating dinner later in English!

The marker を is attached to things or people, and means that they are the target of the verb. Subjects are often omitted in Japanese sentences. Unlike English, the location of the verbs are usually at the end of the sentence. を was once pronounced wo, but now it’s the [o] sound.

To say something like I do not eat or I do not drink，just change ます to ません！Like with questions，it's common to use は in the negative sentences，instead of を .

Japanese	Object	Verb	English
私は水を飲みます。	水 みず	飲(の)みます	I drink water.
私は魚を食べます。	魚 さかな	食(た)べます	I eat fish.
私はご飯を食べます。	ご飯 gohan rice meal	食(た)べます	I eat rice.
私はご飯を食べていません ご飯は食べません			I do not eat rice.

どれを飲みますか？

Dore o nomimasu ka?

• which one will you drink？

お水をください。

• "お" takes place before a noun is a polite way for asking something

• Water, please.

私は毎日りんごを食べます。

I eat apples every day.

私は毎朝お茶を飲みます。

I drink green tea every morning.

kanji

Kanji	Meaning	Kunyomi Reading	Onyomi Reading
水	Water	みず mizu	すい sui
食	Eat	た•べる Ta• beru	しょく shoku

おいしい：delicious