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Side Quest 5: Passive Form
In this lesson,I will teach you how to convert Japanese verbs to Passive Form.
How to convert Japanese verbs to Passive Form?
| type-one verb:change the u-hiragana to a-hiragana and add れる in the end. For example,書く→書かれる. Please note that there is an exception. When it is a verb looks like xx-う,for example,会う,then you need to change う to わ,not あ,so it will be 会う→会われる. type-two verb:change the る in the end to られる. For example,食べる→食べられる type-three verb: change the する in the end toされる. For example,勉強する→勉強される irregular verb:check out the table below |
Example Words:
| Example | Reading | Passive Form |
|---|---|---|
| 使う | つかう | 使われる(be used) |
| 聞く | きく | 聞かれる(be asked) |
| 防ぐ | ふせぐ | 防がれる(be blocked) |
| 渡す | わたす | 渡される(be handed over) |
| 打つ | うつ | 打たれる(be hit) |
| 選ぶ | えらぶ | 選ばれる(be selected) |
| 頼む | たのむ | 頼まれる(be asked) |
| 送る | おくる | 送られる(be sent) |
| 食べる | たべる | 食べられる(be eaten) |
| 誤解する | ごかいする | 誤解される(be misunderstood) |
Example Sentences:
| 本が読まれる。 The book is read. Hon ga yomareru. 手紙が書かれる。 A letter is written. Tegami ga kakareru. ドアが開けられる。 The door is opened. Doa ga akerareru. 先生に褒められる。 I am praised by the teacher. Sensei ni homerareru. 犬にかまれる。 I get bitten by a dog. Inu ni kamareru. 友達に見られる。 I am seen by my friend. Tomodachi ni mirareru. ケーキが食べられる。 The cake is eaten. Keeki ga taberareru. 日本語が使われる。 Japanese is used. Nihongo ga tsukawareru. ゲームがプレイされる。 The game is played. Geemu ga pureisareru. 名前が呼ばれる。 The name is called. Namae ga yobareru. |
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There seems to be a mistake, in the examples table with the second entry it shows 行く next to 書かれる
I have corrected the mistake. Thanks for the information!
こんばんは,
What is the difference between potential form -ru verbs and passive forms -ru verbs?
食べられる, for example.
ありがとうございました!
It depends on the context. You need to judge by the context.
How to use this form in sentence?
What is the purpose of this form?
I have added two examples, hope it helps!
Thank you very much!
Can you make a passive form sentence in the present tense?
彼(かれ)はいい人(ひと)と言(い)われている。
He is said to be a good person.
Hello, I have been loving this course Marshall it is really High quality!
I have a question why do these example phrases end in られた or された. For example
the passive form for 𠮟る is 𠮟られる then why does the phrase go 私わ先生に叱られた.Shouldnt the phrase supposed to be 私わ先生に叱られる.And in all your examples end with た but we just learned that the passive form ends with る, for example, たべられる and not たべられた。
Thank you again Marshall for this splendid course really one of the best I have found so far!
Because if you got scolded by your teacher, this thing happened already, so you need to use Past tense, Which is 叱られた。
Of course you can use 叱られる。
for example, 私はよく先生に叱られる。I often get scolded by my teacher.