> 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.
Thanks! To answer my own question though, there's really no way of determining whether a verb is transitive or intransitive just by looking at it, except that most verbs that ends with -su are transitive. ------------------------ 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/
