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2 Replies ・ Started by nomareru at 2021-10-31 12:00:30 UTC ・ Last reply by jakobd2 at 2021-11-01 23:18:48 UTC

Is 呑まれる / 飲まれる (のまれる) really a transitive verb?

Is 呑まれる / 飲まれる (のまれる) really a transitive verb?
The entry for the word on this site says so.

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Fredora at 2021-11-01 22:18:59 UTC

Ask yourself: does this verb take a direct object?

If the answer is yes, it's a transitive verb.

As simple as that.

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jakobd2 at 2021-11-01 23:18:48 UTC

Fredora is generally very much correct.

However, one should also know that transitivity is not always black and white. Firstly, don't forget that を also has other usages besides marking the direct object (like "through"). But even with that out of the way some verbs aren't just a 100% transitive or intransitive. Take a look at some of the examples here: https://bibdb.ninjal.ac.jp/bunken/ja/article/100000135697 ("本文表示" at the bottom) There are also verbs that seem at first glance like they're standard transitive-intransitive pairs (like 間違う-間違える, 終わる-終える-終わらせる, 触る-触れる) but where real-life usage is much more involved and cannot be reduced to just their presumed transitivity.

That said, 飲まれる is intransitive. Btw, it's not really Jisho.org who says so, it's JMdict. Just go there and change the corresponding entry.

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