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Lesson 11: 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 |
Examples:
| Example | Reading | Passive Form |
|---|---|---|
| 会う | あう | 会われる |
| 書く | かく | 書かれる |
| 嗅ぐ | かぐ | 嗅がれる |
| 押す | おす | 押される |
| 打つ | うつ | 打たれる |
| 死ぬ | しぬ | 死なれる |
| 呼ぶ | よぶ | 呼ばれる |
| 飲む | のむ | 飲まれる |
| やる | やる | やられる |
| 食べる | たべる | 食べられる |
| 勉強する | べんきょうする | 勉強される |
| する | する | される |
| 来る | くる | 来（こ）られる |
Example Sentences:
| 私は先生に叱られた。 I was scolded by the teacher. 彼女は彼にキスされた。 She was kissed by him. 私は母に騙された。 I was deceived by my mother. この羊は狼に食べられた。 This sheep was eaten by a wolf. |
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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.