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Verb pairs, and the state left behind

1.[4p]

Match each intransitive verb to its transitive partner.

  • 開あく

  • 消きえる

  • 落おちる

  • 始はじまる

  • 消けす

  • 始はじめる

  • 落おとす

  • 開あける

Show the answer

開あく: 開あける 消きえる: 消けす 落おちる: 落おとす 始はじまる: 始はじめる

2.[3p]

ドアが開あいています means

Correct

The answer is: the door is open, with no claim about who opened it

The answer is: the door is open, with no claim about who opened it

The answer is: the door is open, with no claim about who opened it

3.[3p]

ドアが開あけてあります means

Correct

The answer is: the door has been opened deliberately and left that way

The answer is: the door has been opened deliberately and left that way

The answer is: the door has been opened deliberately and left that way

4.[3p]

Why is プリントが置おいています ungrammatical?

Correct

The answer is: 置おく is transitive, so its object cannot take が without てある

The answer is: 置おく is transitive, so its object cannot take が without てある

The answer is: 置おく is transitive, so its object cannot take が without てある

5.[3p]

田中たなかさんは結婚けっこんしています means

Correct

The answer is: Tanaka is married

The answer is: Tanaka is married

The answer is: Tanaka is married

6.[3p]

A Japanese speaker who has just dropped a glass is most likely to say

Correct

The answer is: コップが割われました

The answer is: コップが割われました

The answer is: コップが割われました

7.[2p]

What does ておく add in ビールを冷ひやしておきます?

Correct

The answer is: That it is being done in advance, ready for later

The answer is: That it is being done in advance, ready for later

The answer is: That it is being done in advance, ready for later

8.[4p]

Match each contraction to its full form.

  • 買かっとく

  • 読よんどく

  • 忘わすれちゃった

  • 飲のんじゃった

  • 買かっておく

  • 読よんでおく

  • 飲のんでしまった

  • 忘わすれてしまった

Show the answer

買かっとく: 買かっておく 読よんどく: 読よんでおく 忘わすれちゃった: 忘わすれてしまった 飲のんじゃった: 飲のんでしまった

9.[2p]

The -aru against -eru and -eru against -su patterns are reliable enough to produce a verb pair you have never met.

The answer is: False

Correct