Is my sentence below correct? What I want to say is
This textbook seems to be finished before Friday this week.
My attempt is as follows,
今週{こんしゅう}の金曜日｛きんようび｝の前｛まえ｝にこの教｛きょう｝科｛か｝書｛しょ｝が終｛お｝わられてしまうようです。
asked Aug 3, 2015 at 6:28
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3 Answers
How about:
今週の金曜(日)までに、この教科書は終わりそうです。or 終わってしまいそうです。
answered Aug 3, 2015 at 9:39
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Though I didn't use 終わられる or よう. The そう is 様態, not 伝聞. If you combine られる+しまう+ようだ, you get られてしまうようだ. eg. 食べられてしまうようだ, 片付けられてしまうようだ, 載せられてしまうようだ, etc.– chocolate ♦Aug 3, 2015 at 9:52
終わる is an intransitive verb. You can simply say
今週の金曜日の前に、この教科書は終わるようです。
In this case, the passive form doesn't sound natural.
Things without feelings couldn't be a subject in a passive sentence in old Japanese. After a lot of books in European languages were translated into Japanese, people started to use 'things without soul' as a subject in a passive sentence. The usage, however, is still fairly limited.
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降る is an intransitive verb but we can say 僕は雨に降られた. I quoted it from a book titled A dictionary of basic Japanese grammar which is written by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui. Aug 3, 2015 at 8:00
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"終わる is an intransitive verb" >> Yeah, but you know what? 終わる can be transitive, too! eg これで会議を終わります。– chocolate ♦Aug 3, 2015 at 8:00
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@FriendlyGhost The passive form in 僕は雨に降られた is a so-called "迷惑の受身". 僕 is complaining about the rain.– HidekiAug 3, 2015 at 8:27
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@choco I know. You cannot say これで会議は終わられます, though. See my edit in the original answer.– HidekiAug 3, 2015 at 9:20
I'm not sure with my answer but as far as I know, -てしまう is only been use for unintentional action. maybe you can drop that part nad make it like this 今週の金曜日にはこの教科書を終わったようんだ but I am not sure with my answer
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～てしまう can also be used to convey a meaning of "~ has been done completely". Aug 3, 2015 at 7:26
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