Do you mean that "IRERU" means "to insert" and "HAIRU" means "to enter"?
- Arian I. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "RICHARD W WILCOX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You wouldn't say denki o tsuku, only denki o tsukeru. Tsuku cannot have an object, because it means to come on (as in lights, computer, TV, etc), whereas tsukeru means to turn on. I guess that intransitive verb is the proper terminology, not state of being. Tsuku is intransitive, tsukeru is transitive (I think - I could have that backwards). Anyway, in one case the action happens to an object, and the other case the action happens to itself (the subject). Hairu and ireru are good examples. Ireru, a subject puts in an object. Hairu, the subject is in (something), but (something) would be the object of the preposition, not the object of the verb. The verb can't have an object. It's a little confusing. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
