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"wo" Intransitive Verbs - Dec 2009.

Note: this tip supposes a good understanding of transitive and intransitive verbs and how they differ.  Tip:  Must of use come to learn that "wo" is used to mark objects of transitive verbs.  However, the relationship is not exclusive.  "wo" is also used by certain intransitive verbs - mainly those describing motion (discussed here).  See below list & more moving verbs

Common Intransitive Verbs that use "wo"

1

aruku

koen wo arukimasu.  (walk through/around/in the park)

houdo wo arukimasu ( walk on/along the sidewalk)

mukou wo aruiteiru hito (the person walking [along] over there).

2

sanpo suru

koen wo sanpo shimasu.  (walk through the park)

3

agaru

上がる

not the transitive ageru that has same kangi

kaidan wo agaru (ascend up [on] the stairs;  i.e. ascend [on] the stairs)

kaidan wo agatte itte kudasai (please go up the stairs)

kaidan wo agatte kimashita. (someone came (here) down [on] the stairs)

4

noboru

上る

kaidan wo nobotte wa ikenai (* Don't climb the stairs.  lit. climbing the stairs is bad)

5

oriru

降りる

densha wo orimas.  (get off [of] the train)

6

tooru

eki wo tooru.  (pass/go through the station)

7

magaru

kado wo migi e magaru (turn right at the corner)

8

 

wataru

michi wo wataru (cross [over on] the road)

hashi wo wataru (cross [over on] the bridge)

9

kudaru *

下る

not the transitive sagasu that has same kangi.

oka wo kudatte ikimashita (someone went down [along] the hill)

oka wo kudatte kitte (someone came [here] down [along] the hill]

fune de kowa wo kudaru (go down [along] the river by boat)

sonotoori wo kudaru (go down [along] that road)

10

oriru

下りる

kuruma wa oka wo hashiri orimashita. (the car ran down [along] the hill)

エスカレータ   // エレベータ de shita ni orimasu. 

No so common Intransitive Verbs that use "wo"

 

tobu

Hikouki wa sora wo tobimashita ( the airplane flew across the sky)

 

toorinukeru

Mori wo toori nuke mashita.  (cut through the woods)

     

 

More moving verbs
  • エレベータ de agattari sagattari shimashita.  (went up and down inthe elevator)

  • エスカレータ   de shita ni sagarimashita.

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  • エレベータ de shita ni orimasu.

  • エレベータ de 5 kai made agatte kudasai.

  • エスカレータ   // エレベータ ni norimashita (ride the elevator up)

 
 
 
 

 

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