How can I recognise transitive and intransitive verbs?
When reading, there are two main telling signs to look for:
1) An intransitive verb always takes the particle "ga". For a transitive verb, "wa" will be used almost exclusively, unless "ga" is used for emphasis of the subject.
2) A transitive verb will always have a subject, such as "watashi wa", and an object, such as "doa", and will use the particle "wo" before the verb, for example, "watashi wa doa o aketa". In contrast, an intransitive verb will only have the object, for example: "Doa ga aita"
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