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Fun with synonyms - “to grab/catch/capture”
Here's a question for you experts. I've actually asked this to my Japanese friends, but I want to see how you guys answer too.
Explain the differences in the following verbs and which one(s) appear ...
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Passive verb forms for intransitive verbs
Okay, so I'm confused about passive verbs.
From how I understand it, the verb is performed on the subject.
but how come you can say something like
明日の会議に行かれるんですか？
Are you going to tomorrow's ...
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Passive-transitive-verb vs. Intransitive-verb （他動詞の受け身 vs. 自動詞)
Here's another question for you experts out there. I think I know the answer to this as well, but it still creeps up in my mind all the time; something I'd like to research more. I want to know ...
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How to differentiate ～られる conjugation between passive form and potential form?
For verbs of group 2, whose ～ます form is formed by dropping the ending ～る from the plain form, both the passive and potential forms have the same conjugation: ～られる. Example:
食べられる
1. to be eaten
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