Playing a Japanese Pokemon game to improve my understanding of the language (since Pokemon games don't use Kanji). Came across this:
なにを しますか?
It obviously means "What will you do?" or something, based on context and on the fact that it なに means "what" and します means "do", but I'm confused about the grammar of it.
First of all, doesn't を usually mark the direct object? What does it mean on the end of なに?
Second of all, word for word this seems to translate to "what do". How is a reader to figure out if it means "what are you doing", "what is he doing", "what will you do", "what will I do", and so on?