How to Say ‘I saw the Great Buddha.’ in Japanese
大仏を見ました。
daibutsu o mi mashi ta
[DIE-boo-tsoo wo mee mah-shee tah]
💬 Usage Tip: を marks the thing you did something to, and is said (o), not (wo): 映画を見ました "I saw a movie".
Phrase Breakdown
大仏を
daibutsu o
the Great Buddha (as object)
大仏 (daibutsu) means 'Great Buddha statue'. を (o) marks the object. Say it as dai-bu-tsu o.
奈良の大仏を知っていますか。
Do you know the Great Buddha of Nara?
Words in this phrase
大仏
daibutsu
[DIE-boo-tsoo]
Great Buddha
A large statue of Buddha, famous in Kamakura and Nara.
奈良の大仏は有名です。
The Great Buddha of Nara is famous.
を
o
[wo]
direct object marker
Marks the direct object of a verb.
本を読む。
Read a book.
見ました。
mi mashi ta
saw
The polite past tense of 'to see'.
富士山を見ました。
I saw Mt. Fuji.
Words in this phrase
見
mi
[mee]
see (stem)
Stem of 見る 'to see, to watch', used before polite endings like ます.
テレビを見ます。
I watch TV.
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past stem
Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.
昨日は多くのことを学びました。
I learned many things yesterday.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense marker
Indicates past tense.
彼は来た。
He came.
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