EPISODE · Jun 15, 2022 · 9 MIN
Episode 102 - Transitive and Intransitive Verb
from Learn Japanese with Masa sensei! · host Masa Sensei
- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVjhLxElf8&t=244s ========================================================== Transitive Verb : A verb that takes a direct object Intransitive Verb : A verb that does not take a direct object Transitive Verbs: 飲む To Drink 読む To Read 食べる To Eat 買う To Buy 作る To Make Intransitive Verbs: 行く To Go 働く To Work 生きる To Live 泣く To Cry 泳ぐ To Swim Transitive 私はドアを開（あ）けました。 In the first sentence, we know from the particle を that there is a direct object. So when we ask the question, "What is being opened?" The answer is ドア (the door). From your studies of the particle を, you probably already know this particle always comes after a direct object. It's telling us what we are doing the verb to. Hopefully this sounds familiar, because this is exactly how we defined transitive verbs! Intransitive ドアが開（あ）きました。 In this second sentence, the only particle is が, which marks the subject as new or important information. This makes ドア the subject. The subject does the verb 開きました. The door opened. The door is doing the verb, but the verb is not acting upon anything. ◆Transitive Verbs and Intransitive pairs◆ 落とします to drop 落ちます to fall 出 to take out 出ます to come out; to leave 入れます to insert 入ります to enter 開けます to open 開きます to be opened 閉めます to close 閉まります to be closed つけます to attach つきます to be attached 消します to erase 消えます to disappear 抜きます to extract 抜けます to be extracted Although it's not always the case, you can use the following general guidelines to tell the differences... 1. Most of the time transitive verbs end with an "eru" or "su" sound, like for example, あける (akeru) and けす (kesu). 2. Intransitive verbs oftenly end with an "aru" or "ku" sound. But sometimes they also end with an "eru" sound. For example, とまる (tomaru), あく (aku) and でる (deru). However there are always exceptions in Japanese, so it's not always true for the above guidelines. Therefore the best way is still to memorize them. =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? Follow my Instagram!! Follow my Facebook!! ===============================================
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- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVjhLxElf8&t=244s ========================================================== Transitive Verb : A verb that takes a direct object Intransitive Verb : A verb that does not take a direct object Transitive Verbs: 飲む To Drink 読む To Read 食べる To Eat 買う To Buy 作る To Make Intransitive Verbs: 行く To Go 働く To Work 生きる To Live 泣く To Cry 泳ぐ To Swim Transitive 私はドアを開（あ）けました。 In the first sentence, we know from the particle を that there is a direct object. So when we ask the question, "What is being opened?" The answer is ドア (the door). From your studies of the particle を, you probably already know this particle always comes after a direct object. It's telling us what we are doing the verb to. Hopefully this sounds familiar, because this is exactly how we defined transitive verbs! Intransitive ドアが開（あ）きました。 In this second sentence, the only particle is が, which marks the subject as new or important information. This makes ドア the subject. The subject does the verb 開きました. The door opened. The door is doing the verb, but the verb is not acting upon anything. ◆Transitive Verbs and Intransitive pairs◆ 落とします to drop 落ちます to fall 出 to take out 出ます to come out; to leave 入れます to insert 入ります to enter 開けます to open 開きます to be opened 閉めます to close 閉まります to be closed つけます to attach つきます to be attached 消します to erase 消えます to disappear 抜きます to extract 抜けます to be extracted Although it's not always the case, you can use the following general guidelines to tell the differences... 1. Most of the time transitive verbs end with an "eru" or "su" sound, like for example, あける (akeru) and けす (kesu). 2. Intransitive verbs oftenly end with an "aru" or "ku" sound. But sometimes they also end with an "eru" sound. For example, とまる (tomaru), あく (aku) and でる (deru). However there are always exceptions in Japanese, so it's not always true for the above guidelines. Therefore the best way is still to memorize them. =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? Follow my Instagram!! Follow my Facebook!! ===============================================
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