Using the を particle correctly


Im reading up again on how particles should be used properly in Japanese.

Writing this sentence: 「私の車を壊れてです。」I am trying to say, "my car is broken."

Now, using the guide in the link given
[here](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/verbparticles) it states:

> The 「を」 character is attached to the end of a word to signify that that word
> is the direct object of the verb.

If that is the absolute truth then that means that my sentence given
previously 私の車を壊れてです。」is incorrect as the を particle only works on direct
objects of a verb, in this case I do not have a verb, rather I have an
adjective: 壊れて (Broken).

Am I correct in thinking that the proper way of writing this sentence has to
use either:

  * The は particle「私の車は壊れてです。」 OR
  * The が particle「私の車が壊れてです。」

In place of を in order for the sentence to be correct? I'm still learning
about proper particle use, so any guidance on the limitations of the を
particle would be super useful here.

Thanks.




壊れて is not an adjective but the te-form of the intransitive verb 壊れる ("to get
out of order", "to break (down)"). This means it's never followed by です. An
intransitive verb does not take を. 私の車 is the subject, not the object, of the
sentence.

The correct Japanese sentence is:

> 私の車は壊れています。  
>  My car is broken. (literally "My car has broken down.")

If you don't know about ている form, please see: [When is Vている the continuation
of action and when is it the continuation of
state?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/5010)




壊れて is not an adjective but the te-form of the intransitive verb 壊れる ("to get
out of order", "to break (down)"). This means it's never followed by です. An
intransitive verb does not take を. 私の車 is the subject, not the object, of the
sentence.

The correct Japanese sentence is:

> 私の車は壊れています。  
>  My car is broken. (literally "My car has broken down.")

If you don't know about ている form, please see: [When is Vている the continuation
of action and when is it the continuation of
state?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/5010)

