Continuing the discussion from Short Grammar Questions (Part 1) - #10141 by ajdgaoigjaoirgjo . Previous discussions: Short Grammar Questions (Part 1)

More general notes: these verbs of giving and receiving (and especially their extended use as auxiliary verbs) seem to be a common area of difficulty for learners, so you’re not alone. It’s normal to need to go back over the textbook chapter (or better still, use a different reference to get a diffe…

If you’d like a more visual representation, I made a post previously [image] Giving and Receiving Verbs Grammar Little over a month until the JLPT test for those tests not cancelled… I need to study and figure explaining this will help myself and others. Givi…

[image] downtimes: “I received the eating from you” :flushed_face:

That clears it up a lot, thanks! I’ve forgotten so much N5/N4 stuff over the years, I definitely need to go over it.

My teacher taught transitive and intransitive verbs very well but now I’m not understanding intransitive verb and 受身形 but I can’t put a finger on where I don’t understand to my teacher. I guess I haven’t understood completely 受身形?? For example, the door is opened. ドアが開きます、if I want to say the door i…

Intransitive and passive are different. Hopefully this example clears things up: [image] WaniKani verbs: transitive vs intransitive Japanese Language Here’s a simple example to show why that’s not quite right. （彼が）ボールを落としたボールが落ちた（彼に）ボールを落とされた The first one uses the t…

Is that when passive voice is used, the particle should be をnot が？

Passive voice is used when you want to say that something was done by someone/something. Since someone is doing the action, it’s going to be a transitive verb. But you’re changing how it’s expressed. Let’s say someone at your cookie, but you don’t know by whom. In Japanese you could simply say クッキーを…

thank you it’s clearer to me now

[image] seanblue: In Japanese you could simply say クッキーを食べられた (“my cookie was eaten”) Just a note that this is called suffering passive, and it’s a more advanced topic than just the normal passive. (私の)クッキーが食べられた is how you would say the simple passive “(My) cookie was eaten” where it doesn’…

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Intransitive and passive are different. Hopefully this example clears things up:

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