Vocabulary dictionary

Kanji dictionary

Grammar dictionary

Sentence lookup

test
 

Forums - Question found online

Top > 日本語を勉強しましょう / Let's study Japanese! > Anything About Japanese



avatar
ラリペン
Level: 92

Hi everyone!

I've found this question online and I'm a little bit confused about which answer should be the right one:

きょうしつ (__) きれいにしました。

🤷🏻 I think it could be を、は、で but I'm absolutely clueless. Thanks in advance!

Cheers!

0
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar

を would fit best. で could work, but you'd need to change the structure a bit. I guess は could also work. Anyway, if I had to pick one it would be を.

  • は - sets a topic ("As for the classroom, I cleaned it"), works if you're contrasting with something else.
  • で - would change the meaning to "I cleaned in the classroom", not necessarily the classroom itself. Requires a rewrite.
  • を - simply marks it (classroom) as the object of action.

I guess with zero changes, it would be は・を (if on a test, I'd pick を)


Edit: きょうしつきれいにしました, using は is perfectly fine if you want to set the classroom as the topic and imply you did the cleaning. Source: https://ja.hinative.com/questi...

3
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar
Anonymous123
Level: 1478

Look up きれいにしました in the sentence dictionary, and you'll find examples.

きれいにしました

Use を to mark the object being cleaned

3
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar
ラリペン
Level: 92

を would fit best. で could work, but you'd need to change the structure a bit. I guess は could also work. Anyway, if I had to pick one it would be を.

  • は - sets a topic ("As for the classroom, I cleaned it"), works if you're contrasting with something else.
  • で - would change the meaning to "I cleaned in the classroom", not necessarily the classroom itself. Requires a rewrite.
  • を - simply marks it (classroom) as the object of action.

I guess with zero changes, it would be は・を (if on a test, I'd pick を)


Edit: きょうしつきれいにしました, using は is perfectly fine if you want to set the classroom as the topic and imply you did the cleaning. Source: https://ja.hinative.com/questi...


Thanks a lot for the great explanation. I guess like in everything else, context is really important.

1
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar
Shamugan
Level: 587

I choose は without thinking but

"I guess with zero changes, it would be は・を (if on a test, I'd pick を)"

ギョルギ is probably right here x)

In a textbook, a test or just in a book, it will be probably を. In polite japanese too, where you tend to make more complete sentences. But otherwise, in casual conversation, は is more natural.

Basically, textbook japanese, japanese that you found in test, book or polite japanese tend to make more structured and complete sentences.
On the other hand, japanese tend to be very lazy efficient in casual conversation. So they skip everything that's not necessary if there is a context.

2
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar
ラリペン
Level: 92

Look up きれいにしました in the sentence dictionary, and you'll find examples.

きれいにしました

Use を to mark the object being cleaned

I forgot that feature 😓. Thanks!

1
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar

"Edit: きょうしつきれいにしました, using は is perfectly fine if you want to set the classroom as the topic and imply you did the cleaning. Source: https://ja.hinative.com/questi..."

403 forbidden message showing..kao_shocking.png

0
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar

Opens fine for me. Might be a regional block or VPN issue. Maybe ISP or browser related. kao_worry.png

Can you open the site in general? https://ja.hinative.com/

0
1 day ago
Report Content
avatar
Opens fine for me. Might be a regional block or VPN issue. Maybe ISP or browser related. kao_worry.png

Can you open the site in general? https://ja.hinative.com/

It opened now kao_sparkles.png I think it was VPN

1
1 day ago
Report Content
Getting the posts




Top > 日本語を勉強しましょう / Let's study Japanese! > Anything About Japanese


Loading the list
Lv.

Sorry, there was an error on renshuu! If it's OK, please describe what you were doing. This will help us fix the issue.

Characters to show:





Use your mouse or finger to write characters in the box.
■ Katakana ■ Hiragana