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This unit discussed modals, the passive voice, and phrasal verbs
Modals are used to modify verbs and are used in a variety of cases including obligation, possibility/probability, permission/prohibition, ability, and advice.
The same modal can also take on a different meaning and are determined from context and the surrounding words.
The passive voice is used to place attention on the incident or action rather than the subject involved. Though the overall point / contents of the matter stay the same, the nuance and how it is interpreted changes based on where the emphasis is placed. I realize this, as the passive voice is a prominent element in the Japanese language.
Phrasal verbs are basically just multi-word verbs. There are 3 types:
Intransitive: just like intransitive one word verbs, they have no direct object
Transitive separable: the object pronoun has to be "sandwiched" between the words used in the phrasal verb. For an object it can either go between or come after the phrasal verb.
Transitive inseparable: the phrasal verb has no meaning if the words are separated. Object and pronouns have to come after it.
I had thought much about it before reading this unit, but now can see how phrasal verbs can be so confusing. Their meaning most times can't be determined just from knowing the meaning of the separate verbs and because many of them are very similar (ie. use many of the same words), it's very easy to get confused.
