Passive voice

Sensei wa watashi o hometa. (The teacher praised me.)

Let's rewrite this sentence from the speaker's viewpoint.

Watashi wa sensei ni homerareta. (I was praised by the teacher.)

The subject and the particles are changed and verbs are also changed into

passive verbs.

The subject is the person who receives the act. And the person who is

indicated by particle" Ni" is the actor.

The following table shows how to make passive verbs.

Verbs		Passive verbs-Polite form	Passive verbs-Plain form
group 1	nusumimasu	nusumaremasu	nusumareru
	kamimasu	kamaremasu	kamareru
group 2	tabemasu	taberaremasu	taberareru
	homemasu	homeraremasu	homerareru
group 3	kimasu	koraremasu	korareru
	simasu	saremasu	sareru

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