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The JLPT N5 textbook and the Tangorin online dictionary say 出る is intransitive
and, as far as I know, should be used with が, but the Genki I textbook says it
accepts を when it means "to exit". So, which is correct?
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verbs particle-を transitivity
Why does 出る accept を although it is an intransitive verb?
「[出]{で}る」 is indeed _**always**_ an intransitive verb. 「[出]{だ}す」 is the
transitive verb.

So, why is it possible to say 「レストラン **を** 出る」、「[日本]{にほん} **を** 出る」, etc? It
is simply an "exception" to the general rule that says one can only attach 「を」
to transitive verbs.

The 「を」 attached to transitive verbs (as in 「ピザを食べる」) functions differently
than the 「を」 in 「レストランを出る」. The former is the famous object-marker. The latter
is, in my own words, the _**" spatial mobility" marker**_. (Excuse my
ignorance if that term is already used elsewhere.) It is not limited to
"exiting".

**Examples of "spatial mobility" using intransitive verbs:**

「[家]{いえ} **を** [出]{で}る」 = "to leave home"、「[空]{そら} **を** [飛]{と}ぶ」 = "to fly in
the sky"、「[道]{みち} **を** [歩]{ある}く」 = "to walk on the street"、「[公園]{こうえん} **を**
[散歩]{さんぽ}する」 = "to take a walk in the park", etc.

All of these verbs are _**intransitive**_.

**The transitive 「[出]{だ}す」:**

「ゴミ **を** [出]{だ}す」 = "to take out the garbage"、「ともだちにコーヒー **を** [出]{だ}した。」 =
"I served coffee to my friends.", etc.
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This sense of を is similar to "from", like から - I'm not quite sure the
difference in nuance between the two though. And this を is used with
intransitive verbs.

For reference, [sense 6 of を entry in
Progressive](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/82142/m0u/%E3%82%92/) says
「動作の起点を表す」 (indicates the starting point of an action). It gives two example
sentences

>   1. 8時にホテルを出た  
>  He left the hotel at eight.
>   2. 大学を出ても職はなかった  
>  Though he graduated from college, he could not find a job.
>

[研究社新和英中辞典 also lists it in sense 4 of
を](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%92).

I agree with what l'électeur said about this を being a different を than the
object-marker. As you can see from the linked dictionary entries, the object-
marking を is but one of the multiple senses of を.

p/s: [The question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12734/6840)
@snailboat linked in the comments is yet another sense of を which is used with
intransitive verbs. It corresponds to [sense 3 in
Progressive](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/82142/m0u/%E3%82%92/) and
[sense 2 in 研究社新和英中辞典](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%82%92)
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I am a beginner, but let me try to explain you, the way I understood. I hope
it helps!

Like @l'electur and @3 to 5 business days, said it can be used as a mobility
marker. For, better understanding consider "を" as
"[through](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3243/making-sense-of-
transitive-usage-
of-%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F-and-%E6%9D%A5%E3%82%8B-%E3%82%92%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F-and-%E3%82%92%E6%9D%A5%E3%82%8B)"
in case of motion marking. Otherwise, you will get confused with に/へ. Ex.
小園を歩く (It can be said, as I walked through the park) and 小園に歩く (It can be said
as, I walked to the park)

> Now, coming back to the question, let us consider two verbs 出る(Deru)
> 出す(dasu).

If we use 出る instead if 出す with を, the meaning will change entirely. Let me
show you how:

If we know that 出す being a transitive verb needs to act upon something when
used with をi.e. to act upon an directly object. Whereas, 出る is otherwise.

Now, let us use both 出す and 出る in same sentence, respectively:

> 家を出す. Now, over here, since 出す is used therefore, it will directly act upon
> the object i.e. house. Thereby, meaning "leave the house". Now, this leave
> the house, will have the context that you actually held the house in your
> hand and then left it (Like some super hero). Which will not make sense,
> until the context is that. As, the verb to leave is directly acting upon the
> object in this case.
>
> Whereas, when we use 出る, the construction would still be the same as in,
> 家を出る and will also translate to "leave the house". However, this leave the
> house would mean, leave through the house or rather leave the house and go
> somewhere (or anyplace or nowhere, as the case maybe). As, the verb, being
> intransitive is not acting upon the direct object i.e. house.

Similar meaning can be given to other use of を with intransitive verbs.
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