Definition of 目的語 (もくてきご)

もくてきご

目的語

もくてきご

mokutekigo

noun

•

object(linguistics)

Related Kanji

目	eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
的	bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
語	word, speech, language

Example sentences(showing 7 results)

えいご

どうし

もくてきご

まえ

く

In English the verb precedes the object

にほんご

日本語

で

は

、

もくてきご

おも

「

」

「

」

しめ

The object is that which in Japanese would generally be indicated with "ni" or "o"

えいご

ぶん

こうぞう

たいてい

、

しゅご

主語

、

どうし

動詞

、

もくてきご

目的語

／

ほご

補語

だ

In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement

つぎ

どうし

もくてきご

The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object

じつ

実は

、「have

もくてきご

done」

しえき

ばあい

おお

Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative

どうし

もくてきご

じどうし

、

もくてきご

たどうし

With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object

かんぜんじどうし

ほご

もくてきご

A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object