19439
> As this game is selling well, I plan to buy one too.

How would we express this in Japanese?

>   1. よくうれているようだから
>   2. よくうられているようだから
>

Would the above sentence be interpreted as an active or passive form in
Japanese?  
Is there an instance when an active voice in English takes a passive
interpretation in Japanese?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-11-09T09:12:46.007
19437
2014-11-09T18:05:48.770
2014-11-09T18:05:48.770
78
7334
question
grammar
Interpreting active/passive voice in Japanese
Intransitive "to sell" is 売れる/売れている in Japanese. You don't have to use any
passive voice here.

But yes, sometimes English active verb is better translated into passive in
Japanese. For example, "The sign reads 'NO TRESPASSING'" may be best rendered
as 標識には立入禁止と書かれている. In this case there is no verb equivalent to intransitive
"read" in Japanese.

Such cases are not so frequent, but after all, it all depends on each verb.
You have to learn one by one looking up dictionaries, I think.

BTW よく売られている is also possible, and may mean "is commonly sold (in many
shops)".
CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-11-09T09:46:31.463
19439
2014-11-09T17:28:13.603
2014-11-09T17:28:13.603
7667
7667
19437
answer