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Passive-form 受け身形(うけみけい)

Japanese Passive forms are used as the passive voice and honorific expressions. In the function of the passive voice, there are direct and indirect passive voices. The Japanese indirect passive is very unique. The indirect passive voice is sometimes called disaster passive, suffering passive, or unplesant passive etc.

[Direct passive]
私のケーキは弟に食べられました。わたしのケーキはおとうとにたべられました。
My cake was eaten by my little brother.
[Indirect Passive]
私は弟にケーキを食べられました。わたしはおとうとにケーキをたべられました。
I was annoyed that my little brother ate my cake.

Conjugation Rule:

   

Long form Quiz

Short form Quiz
Irregular Verbs

する→される くる→こられる

Irregular verb

Quiz 1

Irregular verb

Quiz 1

RU-verbs Stem + られる*

Ru-verb/ Vowel verb

Quiz 1

RU-verb / Vowel verb

Quiz 1

U-verbs

Drop final -u, add -areru.

or Change the last syllable to a-row syllable and add れる

う ending verbs become “stem”+われる

U-verb / Consonant verb

Quiz 1

U-verb / Consonant verb

Quiz 1

*The passive form and the potential form of RU-verbs are the same form. While ら is sometimes droped in the potential forms known as らぬきことば、ら is never dropped in passive forms.

Passive forms conjugate like RU-verb/ Vowel verb.

Long form Affirmative Negative
Non- Past

Passive long form

たべられます

Passive Negative Long form

Quiz 1

たべられません

Past

Passive past long form

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

たべられました

 

Passive past negative long form

Quiz 1

たべられませんでした

 
Short form Affirmative Negative
Non-past

Passive short form

たべられる

Passive Nai-form

Quiz 1

たべられない

Past

Passive Ta-form

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

たべられた

Passive past negative form

Quiz 1

たべられなかった

 

Passive Te-form

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  w r y m h n t s k a  
a

+ れる

U-verb/Consonant verb
Passive form

i      
u    
e      
o    

Example sentences

このお寺は1800年に建てられました。
このおてらは1800ねんにたてられました。
This temple was built in 1800.

どろぼうにお金を盗まれました。
どろぼうにおかねをぬすまれました。
My money was stolen by a thief.

宿題を犬に食べられたので、出せません。
しゅくだいをいぬにたべられたので、だせません。
Because my homework was eaten by a dog, I cannot submit.

 

 

 
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