Verb conjugations, mixed bag Flashcards
Past short form of 買う
買った
Passive form of 買う
買われる
Past negative short form of 買う
買わなかった
Passive past ます form of 買う
買われました
Transitive: 落とす
To drop
“I dropped the ball”
Intransitive: 落ちる
To fall
“The ball fell down”
Transitive: 入れる 入れます いれる
To insert; to put in to take in
Intransitive: 入る 入れます はいる
To enter; to go in; to join (eg a a club)
Passive ます form of 読む
読まれます
When does one use Causative form and how?
〜させる
Adds “causative” or “permission” to a verb.
Someone either forced or allowed an action to take place. Someone has influence over an action someone else carries out.
Note the grammatical set-up in the sentence using は に を.
eg.
お母さんはお父さんに虫を食べさせる。
Can mean
-> “Mom force dad to eat bugs.”
or -> “Mom allow dad to eat bugs.”
Shortened causative
食べる -> 食べさす
行く → 行か(ない) → 行かす
会う in Causative
会わせる
立つ in Causative
立たせる
書くin Causative
書かせる
学ぶ in Causative
学ばせる
買う in Causative
買わせす
When does one use Passive form and how?
〜られる
An verb/action is done to someone. Takes the emphasis off of the person doing the action and instead focuses on the victim of the action.
eg.
サーフボードはサメに食べられた
-> “The surfboard was eaten by a shark.”
NOT -> “The shark ate the surfboard.”
会う in Passive
会われる
Meet; Met; “stumble upon”