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に vs. を in “to pass a test”

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Every time I'm feeling confident about the correct usage of に, を, and で, I get thrown for a loop. Could someone please explain to me the use of に in this sentence:

I will study a lot and pass the test

watashi wa takusan benkyō shite tesuto ni gōkaku shimasu

私 は たくさん勉強 して テスト に 合格 します

I chose を instead of に and it was marked incorrect on my test. I'm not really sure why. I'm assuming that に is correct because I should have interpreted the sentence as "I will study a lot to pass the test"?

Thank you very much in advance for any clarification.

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Every time I'm feeling confident about the correct usage of に, を, and で, I get thrown for a loop. Could someone please explain to me the use of に in this sentence:

I will study a lot and pass the test

watashi wa takusan benkyō shite tesuto ni gōkaku shimasu

私 は たくさん勉強 して テスト に 合格 します

I chose を instead of に and it was marked incorrect on my test. I'm not really sure why. I'm assuming that に is correct because I should have interpreted the sentence as "I will study a lot to pass the test"?

Thank you very much in advance for any clarification.

grammar particle-に particle-を transitivity

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  If I were to do a rough/literal translation, it would be more like to succeed at the test than to pass. But at the other answers explain well, Japanese is different from English
  
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  Oct 1 at 6:17
  

  
  
  
  

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Every time I'm feeling confident about the correct usage of に, を, and で, I get thrown for a loop. Could someone please explain to me the use of に in this sentence:

I will study a lot and pass the test

watashi wa takusan benkyō shite tesuto ni gōkaku shimasu

私 は たくさん勉強 して テスト に 合格 します

I chose を instead of に and it was marked incorrect on my test. I'm not really sure why. I'm assuming that に is correct because I should have interpreted the sentence as "I will study a lot to pass the test"?

Thank you very much in advance for any clarification.

grammar particle-に particle-を transitivity

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The ultimate answer to your question is "Japanese is different from English". I understand you want a reason, but there may not be a good reason. Some English transitive verbs are translated using a Japanese intransitive verb, and vice versa. For each verb, you have to remember the correct particle, one by one.

Intransitive in English, Transitive in Japanese

• to look at the picture 絵を見る


• to listen to the music 音楽を聞く


• to hope for a success 成功を望む


• to graduate from the school 学校を卒業する


• to refer to a dictionary 辞書を参照する

Transitive in English, Intransitive in Japanese

• to reach the destination 目的地に着く


• to enter the park 公園に入る


• to meet her 彼女に会う / 彼女と会う


• to kiss him 彼にキスする


• to marry her 彼女と結婚する


• to say yes はいと言う

Tricky ones like 合格する are asked in exams. In general, it's always best to learn verbs along with its concrete usage examples.

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I suppose the one sentence answer is that 合格する is an intransitive verb and so it cannot use を to indicate the object.

There's two things to note here I think:

1. する-verbs can be either intransitive, transitive, or both. Only transitive verbs can use the direct object marker を.

合格 (intransitive)

検索けんさく (transitive): 索引さくいんで関係事項かんけいじこうを検索する (デジタル大辞泉)

完成かんせい (both):「大作たいさくを完成する」「ビルが完成する」 (デジタル大辞泉)

2. に means many things, one of which can translate to the English "to". In this case it is used to indicate the (indirect) object of the verb 合格する.

Some additional references:

• Usage of Particle Ni


• Wasabi's guide to uses of に

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The ultimate answer to your question is "Japanese is different from English". I understand you want a reason, but there may not be a good reason. Some English transitive verbs are translated using a Japanese intransitive verb, and vice versa. For each verb, you have to remember the correct particle, one by one.

Intransitive in English, Transitive in Japanese

• to look at the picture 絵を見る


• to listen to the music 音楽を聞く


• to hope for a success 成功を望む


• to graduate from the school 学校を卒業する


• to refer to a dictionary 辞書を参照する

Transitive in English, Intransitive in Japanese

• to reach the destination 目的地に着く


• to enter the park 公園に入る


• to meet her 彼女に会う / 彼女と会う


• to kiss him 彼にキスする


• to marry her 彼女と結婚する


• to say yes はいと言う

Tricky ones like 合格する are asked in exams. In general, it's always best to learn verbs along with its concrete usage examples.

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answered Oct 1 at 1:45

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  – イ リ ニ
  Oct 1 at 2:33
  

  
  
  
  

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10

The ultimate answer to your question is "Japanese is different from English". I understand you want a reason, but there may not be a good reason. Some English transitive verbs are translated using a Japanese intransitive verb, and vice versa. For each verb, you have to remember the correct particle, one by one.

Intransitive in English, Transitive in Japanese

• to look at the picture 絵を見る


• to listen to the music 音楽を聞く


• to hope for a success 成功を望む


• to graduate from the school 学校を卒業する


• to refer to a dictionary 辞書を参照する

Transitive in English, Intransitive in Japanese

• to reach the destination 目的地に着く


• to enter the park 公園に入る


• to meet her 彼女に会う / 彼女と会う


• to kiss him 彼にキスする


• to marry her 彼女と結婚する


• to say yes はいと言う

Tricky ones like 合格する are asked in exams. In general, it's always best to learn verbs along with its concrete usage examples.

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answered Oct 1 at 1:45

narutonaruto

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  Ok, I see. That make sense and I really appreciate the list to get me started. I read the introduction to transitive vs. intransitive verbs today and was thoroughly confused. Perhaps I just need to reread it a couple of times. I'm going to research other learning resources on the subject and hopefully find something that is a little easier for me to click with.
  
  – イ リ ニ
  Oct 1 at 2:33
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

The ultimate answer to your question is "Japanese is different from English". I understand you want a reason, but there may not be a good reason. Some English transitive verbs are translated using a Japanese intransitive verb, and vice versa. For each verb, you have to remember the correct particle, one by one.

Intransitive in English, Transitive in Japanese

• to look at the picture 絵を見る


• to listen to the music 音楽を聞く


• to hope for a success 成功を望む


• to graduate from the school 学校を卒業する


• to refer to a dictionary 辞書を参照する

Transitive in English, Intransitive in Japanese

• to reach the destination 目的地に着く


• to enter the park 公園に入る


• to meet her 彼女に会う / 彼女と会う


• to kiss him 彼にキスする


• to marry her 彼女と結婚する


• to say yes はいと言う

Tricky ones like 合格する are asked in exams. In general, it's always best to learn verbs along with its concrete usage examples.

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I suppose the one sentence answer is that 合格する is an intransitive verb and so it cannot use を to indicate the object.

There's two things to note here I think:

1. する-verbs can be either intransitive, transitive, or both. Only transitive verbs can use the direct object marker を.

合格 (intransitive)

検索けんさく (transitive): 索引さくいんで関係事項かんけいじこうを検索する (デジタル大辞泉)

完成かんせい (both):「大作たいさくを完成する」「ビルが完成する」 (デジタル大辞泉)

2. に means many things, one of which can translate to the English "to". In this case it is used to indicate the (indirect) object of the verb 合格する.

Some additional references:

• Usage of Particle Ni


• Wasabi's guide to uses of に

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answered Sep 30 at 21:53

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  Thank you very much. I'm JUST getting started on transitive vs. intransitive verbs (introduced today). It's good to know that する can be intransitive, transitive, or both. Intransitive vs. transitive didn't seem nearly as simple as I thought it would be to understand, but maybe it's because I just need to spend some time tomorrow exploring them in detail.
  
  – イ リ ニ
  Oct 1 at 2:28
  

  
  
  
  

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I suppose the one sentence answer is that 合格する is an intransitive verb and so it cannot use を to indicate the object.

There's two things to note here I think:

1. する-verbs can be either intransitive, transitive, or both. Only transitive verbs can use the direct object marker を.

合格 (intransitive)

検索けんさく (transitive): 索引さくいんで関係事項かんけいじこうを検索する (デジタル大辞泉)

完成かんせい (both):「大作たいさくを完成する」「ビルが完成する」 (デジタル大辞泉)

2. に means many things, one of which can translate to the English "to". In this case it is used to indicate the (indirect) object of the verb 合格する.

Some additional references:

• Usage of Particle Ni


• Wasabi's guide to uses of に

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answered Sep 30 at 21:53

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  Thank you very much. I'm JUST getting started on transitive vs. intransitive verbs (introduced today). It's good to know that する can be intransitive, transitive, or both. Intransitive vs. transitive didn't seem nearly as simple as I thought it would be to understand, but maybe it's because I just need to spend some time tomorrow exploring them in detail.
  
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I suppose the one sentence answer is that 合格する is an intransitive verb and so it cannot use を to indicate the object.

There's two things to note here I think:

1. する-verbs can be either intransitive, transitive, or both. Only transitive verbs can use the direct object marker を.

合格 (intransitive)

検索けんさく (transitive): 索引さくいんで関係事項かんけいじこうを検索する (デジタル大辞泉)

完成かんせい (both):「大作たいさくを完成する」「ビルが完成する」 (デジタル大辞泉)

2. に means many things, one of which can translate to the English "to". In this case it is used to indicate the (indirect) object of the verb 合格する.

Some additional references:

• Usage of Particle Ni


• Wasabi's guide to uses of に

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answered Sep 30 at 21:53

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