Friday, 13 August 2010

Passive

The passive is when sometihng is acted upon. For example, "I gave the dog a bone", which is active, compared to, "The dog was given a gift by me" (passive).

Active: トラコはねずみを食べました。Torako ate the mouse.
Passive: ねずみはトラコ食べられた。The mouse was eaten by Torako.
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Group 1 ~ Godan
Remove the ~u sound and replace it with あれる。
Because it now ends in える, it can be conjugated into any other tense just like an Ichidan verb.

Group 2 ~ Ichidan
Remove the る and replace it with られる.

Group 3
する-->させる
来る-->来られる

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