N(もの)が/は + 受身形 (N (mono) ga / wa + ukemikei) — Passive with a thing as subject
When who did it does not matter — used for facts, news and notices.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
Notices, events and news use this form: 会議は 来週 開かれます. 祭りは 毎年 6月に 行われます.
Meaning
- When the subject is a thing and not a person, mark it with は or が and use the passive: この 建物は 1950年に 建てられました.
- You do not have to say who built it, or everyone already knows, so no person is added with に.
- This pattern carries no "it troubled me" feeling — it is neutral and formal, which is why you see it on notice boards and in announcements.
Watch out
Note that 行います also goes い → わ, giving 行われます (okonawaremasu).
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
この 建物は 1950年に 建てられました。
この たてものは 1950ねんに たてられました。
This building was built in 1950.
会議は 来週 開かれます。
かいぎは らいしゅう ひらかれます。
The meeting will be held next week.
祭りは 毎年 6月に 行われます。
まつりは まいとし ろくがつに おこなわれます。
The festival is held every year in June.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「会議は 来週 」— what goes in the blank?
💡 Hint: The subject is a thing, and who does it is not said.
開きます → 開かれます. Notices and events use the passive.
Which sentence fits a notice on the office board?
💡 Hint: Notices and news do not say who does it.
When the subject is a thing, who does it is not important, so no person is added with に — adding 「だれかに」sounds odd. The subject is 会議は, not を. 開けられます comes from 開けます instead.
What is the passive form of 「行います」(to hold, to carry out)?
💡 Hint: It is a verb ending in います.
行います → 行い → 行わ → 行われます. In います verbs the い becomes わ.
Your score: /3