Talk:生きる

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Passive form:生きられる[edit]

I added the Conjugation table. Though, I found the passive form is strange. I think it comes from the fact that '生きる' is a Complete Intransitive Verb. Naturally, Japanese say "生かされる", instead of "生きられる" in the passive expression of the meaning. but this '生かされる' is the passive form of the Complete Transitive Verb:'生かす'. We might prepare a new template that doesn't show the passive form for the Complete Intransitive Verb. --Carl Daniels 04:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This verb haven't passive. In rare case, 生きられる is used only in the potential. And the causative 生きさせる and 生きさす are also strange. ―Gliorszio 04:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]