をObject marking particle

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  machinaeZER0

  In the example sentence above, the lady in the audio recording pronounced を as ‘wo’, but in my studies so far I learned it’s pronounced ‘o’ most of the time. Is there a specific reason that the ‘wo’ pronunciation was used here? Mostly just curious Thanks!

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  darzington

  Is it a thing to use を multiple times in a sentence? I’d not noticed that before until I saw this sample sentence on WK:

  人を手を使って招くことを「手招きする」って言うんですよ。
  It’s called “beckoning” to use your hands to invite people in.

  The double-を at the beginning threw me off. Having read the English translation, I think I get how it breaks down but I’d like to confirm with someone who knows better! (And of course while writing this I noticed the third を before the quote…)

  人を (手を使って) 招くことを「手招きする」って言うんですよ。
  using your hands
  (人を) 手を使って (招く) ことを「手招きする」って言うんですよ。
  invite people in (using your hands)

  …and honestly I’m not sure how the を before the quote fits in.

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  FredKore

  I’d break it up like this:
  手を使う = use (your) hands
  手を使って招く = use your hands and invite = beckon with your hands
  人を手を使って招く = beckon a person with your hands
  人を手を使って招くこと = the act of beckoning a person with your hands = [A]
  [A]を[B]って言うんですよ = (we/they) call [A] [B] = we/they call the [A] thing as [B]
  I added more words because just “[A] [B]” might be confusing.

  So then,
  人を手を使って招くことを「手招きする」って言うんですよ。
  (we/they) call the act of beckoning a person with your hands「手招きする」.
  –or– It’s called “beckoning” to use your hands to invite people in.

  This sentence is unusual because it has so many を’s near each other, but it makes sense when you see each one belongs to a different verb.
  (Also, the sentence is kinda clunky because it’s trying to expl...