The vase broke in Japanese 🇯🇵

Sentence info.

The Japanese sentence "かびん が こわれた" (kabin ga kowareta) is composed of the following elements:

1. かびん (kabin) – This is the noun "vase."
2. が (ga) – This is the subject marker particle.
3. こわれた (kowareta) – This is the past tense form of the verb こわれる (kowareru), meaning "to break." The verb is intransitive, indicating that the subject does the action on its own.

– Remember:
– "かびん" (kabin) -> Vase
– "が" (ga) -> Subject marker
– "こわれた" (kowareta) -> Broke (past tense of "こわれる")

Alternate ways to say, "The vase broke":
1. 花瓶が壊れてしまった。 (かびん が こわれて しまった。)
– Kabin ga kowarete shimatta.
– Implies regret or that the breaking was unfortunate.

2. 花瓶が割れた。 (かびん が われた。)
– Kabin ga wareta.
– Uses the verb 割れる (wareru), another intransitive verb that means "to shatter" or "to break," more specifically to indicate something breaking into pieces.

3. 花瓶が壊れました。 (かびん が こわれました。)
– Kabin ga kowaremaa.
– Polite form of the original sentence.

4. 花瓶が壊されました。 (かびん が こわされました。)
– Kabin ga kowasaremaa.
– Passive voice, meaning "the vase was broken" by someone.

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