MattI'm learning Japanese (slowly) and I'm having a major problem with 上げる vs 上がる and it's driving me up the wall >.<
nullkal 🦊@dattmay It's just like "raise" and "rise". In fact, many Japanese students struggle them, too!
@nullkal I'm glad I'm not alone! I'm having problems with telling them apart and pronouncing them correctly and it is driving me mad!
Just like 大きい and 大きさ, but those two aren't quite as frustrating.
🍲 GMT+09@dattmay when say 上げる, someone move it up. saying 上がる, something (or someone) goes up by itself.
we can say 「私は2階に上がる」and we cannot say 「私は2階に上げる」. we can say 「私は荷物を2階に上げる」 and not 「私は荷物を2階に上がる」.
we can say 「私は2階に上がる」and we cannot say 「私は2階に上げる」. we can say 「私は荷物を2階に上げる」 and not 「私は荷物を2階に上がる」.
@_nabbe The second example (「私は荷物を2階に上げる」 and not 「私は荷物を2階に上がる」) makes sense to me.
However, the first doesn't. My Japanese is still limited but that seems to be saying "I go upstairs" and "I go up to the second floor". Would it be possible to explain a little more as to why the second isn't acceptable?