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場所を(いどう) (place + o (motion)) — through / along / out of (a place)

を marking the space you move through.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

ばしょ + を + V (いどう)

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Meaning

  • With verbs of movement — walk, cross, leave, stroll — を marks the place you move through / across / out of.
  • こうえんをさんぽします (I stroll through the park), はしをわたります (I cross the bridge), このみちをあるきます (I walk along this road).
  • The place is not an object being acted on, it is the route.

Versus what you know

  • Another job for を — recall 部屋を出ます (leave the room) from Lesson 5.
  • を = "the path / what you leave", に = "the target you enter" — the pair is now complete.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

こうえんをさんぽします。

kouen o sanpo shimasu.

I take a walk through the park.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) The place こうえん (park) ──> moving through it ➔ [ + を ✅ ] ──> こうえんを ──> [ + さんぽします ] ──> I take a walk through the park.

はしをわたります。

hashi o watarimasu.

I cross the bridge.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) The place はし (bridge) ──> crossing it ➔ [ + を ✅ ] ──> はしを ──> [ + わたります ] ──> I cross the bridge.

まいあさ、このみちをあるきます。

mai asa, kono michi o arukimasu.

Every morning I walk along this road.

How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) まいあさ ──> the place このみち (this road) ──> walking along it ➔ [ + を ✅ ] ──> このみちを ──> [ + あるきます ] ──> I walk along this road.

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

How do you say 'I cross the bridge'?

💡 Hint: The place moved through takes を.

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