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”
立つ in Passive
立たれる
“Placed upon”; put
書く in Passive
書かれる
Written
学ぶ in Passive
学ばれる
was learnt
食べる in Passive
食べられる
was eaten
起きる in Passive
起きられる
Was risen
閉じる in Passive
閉じられる
とじられる
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
“shutted” lol
When does one use Causative-Passive form and how?
A type of coercion or compulsion. The conjugation basically indicates “[someone] is made to do [something]”, and the action of making that someone do something was, in fact, done to that someone. It can in some instances be translated as “made to [do]” or “forced to [do]”.
eg.
朝ご飯は食べたくなかったのに、食べさせられた。
-> “Despite not wanting to eat breakfast, I was made / forced/ coerced to eat it.”
親に毎日宿題をさせられる。
-> “I am made/ forced to do homework everyday by my parent(s).”
* Note the に particle.
Shortened version (only some)
行く → 行か → 行かす → 行かされる
立つ → 立た → 立たす → 立たされる
eg.
あいつに二時間も待たされた。
-> “I was made to wait 2 hours by that guy.”
飲む
飲まされる
待つ
待たされる
する
させられる
行く
行かされる
立つ
立たされる
座る
座らせられる
けいご、丁寧語(ていねいご)
ある/いる
ございます
To give (to someone)
あげる
To give (towards myself)
くれる
To receive
もらう
To borrow
借りる
かりる
To lend
貸す
かす
Could you lend me a pen?
(To a friend)
ペンを貸してくれない?
Would it be okay to borrow a pen?
(To a friend)
ペンを借りてもいい?