Japanese Verbs for Intermediate learners

oremasu / oreru
to break, snap, fracture折れる
to yield to, accept (a demand), compromise 

masu Form

affirmativeoremasu
negativeoremasen
past affirmativeoremashita
past negativeoremasendeshita

Plain Form

root formoreru
nai formorenai
ta formoreta
nakatta formorenakatta

Other Forms

te formorete
ba formorereba
potentialorerareru
imperativeorero
volitionaloreyoo
passiveorerareru
causativeoresaseru
caus. passive1oresaserareru
caus. passive2-

[vt] = Transitive verb / [vi] = Intransitive verb / G1, G2, G3 = Group 1, 2, 3

ba form = conditional form / caus.passsive1 = causative passive long form / caus.passsive2 = causative passive short form

Basic structures

[ subject ] ga oreru

Hone ga oreru

Hone means "bone" and Hone ga oreru is common phrase meaning "have a bone broken", "bone is broken".
This phrase is often used as an idiomatic expression meaning "have difficulty (to do)" or "be a hard job".
See example No. 5

This verb is an intransitive verb.
There is a transitive verb Orimasu / Oru.

Example sentences

1. Ki no eda ga oreta.

ki tree, eda branch

2. Kaze ga tsuyokute, yotto no masuto ga oreta.

kaze wind, tsuyokute te form of tsuyoi indicating a cause; strong, powerful
yotto yacht, masuto mast

3. Take wa magaru kara, (Take wa) ore-nikui.

take bamboo, magaru to bend, curve, -kara because, therefore, so
-nikui (stem +) difficulty to do, not easily do

4. Ashi no hone ga oreta.
Naoru no ni, 1-kagetsu kakaru soo da.

ashi leg, foot, hone bone
naoru to be cured, recover, be get well, -no ni for doing, to do, in order to do
ikkagetsu one month, kakaru to take time, -soo da reported information; I heard, they said

5. Kono shigoto wa hone ga oreru.

shigoto work, job, business

6. A-sha wa B-sha ni nesage o yookyuu shita.
B-sha wa A-sha no yookyuu ni orete, nesage o shita.

A-sha A company, nesage [sv] price cut, reduction in price, yookyuu [sv] request, demand
orete te form of oreru used as a conjuntion "and"

Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)

kaze ga tsuyokute / yookyuu ni orete
te form :used as a conjunction "and", also expresses a reason or a cause; "because", "due to"

Level 2 Chapter 6

take wa magaru kara
plain form + kara:expressing a reason or a cause; because, therefore, so

Level 2 Chapter 3

take wa ore-nikui
verb stem + -yasui and -nikui:"easy to do", "comfortable to do" & "difficult to do"

Level 3 Chapter 9

naoru no ni
-no ni:expressing purpose; for doing, to do, in order to do

Level 3 Chapter 10

1-kagetsu kakaru soo da
plain form + soo desu:reported information; I heard, he/they said

Level 2 Chapter 11

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