休む intransitive verb Why can we use the を particle with 休む in Japanese if it is an intransitive verb? such as 仕事を休む to take off time from workThanksありがとうございます

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休む intransitive verb

Why can we use the を particle with 休む in Japanese if it is an intransitive verb?

such as

仕事を休む to take off time from work

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ありがとうございます

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>Why can we use the を particle with 休む in Japanese if it is an intransitive verb?

I think the most simple way of understanding is that 休む is a transitive and intransitive verb.

In Japanese there are many verbs which is transitive and intransitive, for example, ひく、よろこぶ

馬をひく(transitive)

潮がひく(intransitive)

よろこぶ：　あの人がよろこんでいる(intransitive)

よろこぶ：父は弟の合格をよろこんでいる(transitive?)。

I personally think the line between transitive and intransitive in Japanese is not a defined conception but only a practical model/guideline to make things easier to understand.

The dictionary I refered to says that "よろこぶ" is 自動詞 and at the same time it provides an example sentence 父は弟の合格をよろこんでいる。

Transitive/Intransitive is a conception of the grammar of Indo-European languages. Thinking too much about it won't get me anywhere when I think about Japanese language. I use it if it works, I don't if not.

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She is a Japanese teacher by profession who teaches it here at the hourly rate of USD 39.00 at least. If she were not such, I would not take the trouble to make any comments even on her wrong or insufficient corrections or comments. She should know much better as a teacher than others do lest she should do more harm than good. Along with privilege comes responsibility.

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>Other than that, I have to say what she wrote here is not answering his question at all.

Ueda-san, are you having fun?

You write your brilliant answer and that's enough. Criticizing other people's answer won't get you anywhere.

(理屈はどうあれ、思いやりに欠けている）

William＞

I suggest you use "question" forum for asking questions.

<a href="https://www.italki.com/questions/japanese" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.italki.com/questions/japanese</a>;

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Almost all intransitive verbs take が (e.g. ドアが開く、電気が消える)

→ These "が" mean that the words before them such as "ドア" and "電気" are subjects of the sentences. Not only intransitive verbs but also transitive verbs DO take this kind of "が" like "私がドアを開ける（私が~開ける）" and "私が電気を消す（私が~消す）". So, this is not a problem of whether it is intransitive or not. (It is not correct here to put it in the same category as that of "を" he is asking about.）

....but there are some exceptions - intransitive verbs that don't take が. And 休む is one of those (仕事を休む、会社を休む)

→ From the viewpoint above, it is obvious that even these "exceptions" DO take "が" like "彼が仕事を休む（彼が~休む）" and "彼女が会社を休む（彼女が~休む）とは驚いた".

入る is another example of an intransitive verb that doesn't take が (it takes に): お風呂に入る

→ This example also DOES take "が" like "患者がお風呂に入る（患者が~入る）時は介護士が助ける".

→ As I have pointed out above, it is not　appropriate to explain these three particles "が", "を", and "に" in the same category as she did. Other than that, I have to say what she wrote here is not answering his question at all.

【His question】

Why can we use the を particle with 休む in Japanese if it is an intransitive verb?

such as

仕事を休む to take off time from work

→ Exactly. With some intransitive verbs that mean movement from one place to another, you sometimes use this kind of "を". It means the starting point of your action just as you said "from" in your English phrase "to take off time from work" or a place where you do the action. ／e.g. 故郷を離れる。大学を去る。荒野を行く。道路を走る。etc. ／ Just to let you know, with some other intransitive verbs that mean the opposite, I mean "come to one place from another", you sometimes use "に". I suppose this "に" is not so difficult as that "を" above because it naturally means almost the same as English prepositions such as "to", "into", and "for" do. ／e.g. 高校に入る。屋敷に忍び込む。東京に向かう。etc.

→ You could see more detailed explanation of this "を" if you googled for it by "格助詞", "を", and "用法" . ／e.g.　http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/mt/ja/gmod/contents/explanation/053.html ／This website says "他動詞の表わす動作の対象を表わす（It must be the one you had already known when you asked this question.）ほか、移動の出発点や通過点・経路を表わします（It is the one I have just explained.）".

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