Timeline for Can を be used when asking for how many of an object?
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 13:57 | comment | added | Blavius | は doesn't necessarily mark the subject, が does. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 13:15 | comment | added | charlieshades | You're welcome. And just to add to @dotnetN00b's comment above, you can only use を if you have an action verb in the sentence. So for your example, ください is your verb (effectively "please give"), so you use を. But asking "how many" has no action, so it can't use を. Hope that helps you make sense of it. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 13:09 | comment | added | CuriousOne | Rightio, thanks :) My brain learn from seeing patterns. I assumed since えんぴつをいっぽんください (can I have a pencil please) would naturally have a reciprocal question form. I guess I jumped the gun a bit :D | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 13:05 | vote | accept | CuriousOne | ||
| Aug 3, 2015 at 12:54 | history | answered | charlieshades | CC BY-SA 3.0 |