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Mada Tōkyō ni sunde iru n desu ka. Ōsaka de hatarakimasen
ka.
Are you still living in Tokyo? Wouldn’t you want to
work in Osaka?
Note that the nouns that express events such as meetings,
conferences, and concerts are marked by the particle de even
though the verb is arimasu.
会議は品川であります。ホテルは品川にあります。
Kaigi wa Shinagawa de arimasu. Hoteru wa Shinagawa ni
arimasu.
The meeting will take place in Shinagawa. The
hotel is located in Shinagawa.
3.6. Particle を o
The particle o (written wo in some spelling systems, but
pronounced o) shows that the preceding word is the direct
object of the verb.
何を見ていますか。
Nani o mite imasu ka.
What are you looking at?
本を読みました。
Hon o yomimashita.
I read a book.
The meaning of o is the OPPOSITE of that of ga, which is the
particle indicating the subject of the verb, of the copula, or of
