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in the quote "you, help me" why do i have to use を and not が

IE: あなたは、私を助けて！instead of あなたは、私がたすけて！

Why 私 is a direct object? I thought that only objects and nouns could be a
direct object, so I assume I was wrong?

Could someone, please, bring some light on this?

Edit: I have some knowledge in the transitive and intransitive verbs, but I
have never used examples where 私 is the direct object, is this matter related
to the transitive/intransitive verb or not?

Thanks in advance :)
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particle-を
を particle usage
が marks the subject of the sentence. That means the one doing something.

を marks the object of the sentence. That means the one being acted upon.

When you want to say something like "He helped me". "He" is the one doing
something. So, "he" is the subject. "me" is the one being helped (the
recipient of the action), and so is the object.

If you write

> 彼が私を助けた。

you're saying "He helped me."

If you write

> 彼を私が助けた。

you're saying "I helped him".

Or, perhaps consider the following:

> 犬を私が見た。

which means "I saw the dog". Whereas

> 犬が私を見た。

means "The dog saw me".

So, it's not so wrong to say 私が, but if you're the recipient of the action
then 私が is not likely to be correct unless the verb is passive:

> 私が助けられた。

"I was helped"

I hope this ***helps**. (Excuse the pun.)
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