Genki Ch 21

Question 1

When would you use a passive sentence?

Answer 1

When you are inconvenienced by something someone else has done and you want to express your disatisfaction

Question 2

What is the basic structure of a passive sentence?

Answer 2

Victim は Villain に Evil Act

Question 3

How do you make the passive form of a る verb?

Answer 3

Drop る and add られる

Question 4

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in く?

Answer 4

Drop く and add かれる

Question 5

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in つ?

Answer 5

Drop つ and add たれる

Question 6

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in む?

Answer 6

Drop む and add まれる

Question 7

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in ぐ?

Answer 7

Drop ぐ and add がれる

Question 8

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in う?

Answer 8

Drop う and add われる

Question 9

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in す?

Answer 9

Drop す and add される

Question 10

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in ぬ?

Answer 10

Drop ぬ and add なれる

Question 11

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in る?

Answer 11

Drop る and add られる

Question 12

How do you make the passive form of a う verb ending in ぶ?

Answer 12

Drop ぶ and add ばれる

Question 13

How do you make the passive form of the verb くる?

Answer 13

こられる

Question 14

How do you make the passive form of the verb する?

Answer 14

される

Question 15

How do the passive forms of verbs conjugate?

Answer 15

As る verbs.

Question 16

What are the two meanings of passive verbs?

Answer 16

And unfavorable or unintended action against somebody.

Question 17

Can passive verbs be unfavorable yet not perceptible?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

What is an example of a passive verb being unfavorable but not perceptible?

Answer 18

You might be asked on a date by someone you do not like, although no one can tell this.

Question 19

How do you make a statement that says a situation was brought on on purpose by an unnamed person?

Answer 19

Use the て form of a verb plus the helping verb ある

Question 20

What is an example of a statement that says a situation was brought on purpose by an unnamed person?

Answer 20

A book is on the table (implies it was put there by someone).

Question 21

What is another use of てありました?

Answer 21

It can describe an action that someone previously did (such as made a reservation earlier in the day and that is why we have the reservation).

Question 22

In てあるsentences, what particle is used for the object of the verb?

Answer 22

が instead of the regular を

Question 23

What kind of verbs is てある used almost exclusively with?

Answer 23

Transitive verbs

Question 24

What kind of verbs is てある used almost exclusively with?

Answer 24

Intransitive verbs

Question 25

In English, what is an example of a sentence where event B takes place in the middle of another event, being A?

Answer 25

There was a phone call (B) while I was tasking a bath.

Question 26

In Japanese, how would you structure a sentence where event B takes place in the middle of another event, being A?

Answer 26

A あいだ (間) に B

Question 27

In an “A あいだ (間) に B” sentence, what is always true about A?

Answer 27

It is always in the present tense, even when B is not.

Question 28

What does “A あいだ (間) に B” basically say in english?

Answer 28

B takes place, while A

Question 29

How do you modify an adjective to say that something has made something the state of the adjective?

Answer 29

Add する to the adjective.

Question 30

How do you modify an い adjective to add する to it?

Answer 30

Change the い to く and add する

Question 31

How do you modify an な adjective to add する to it?

Answer 31

Change the な to に and add する

Question 32

How do you tell a third party that you want a second party to do something?

Answer 32

second party に + て form of verb + ほしいです