Nao
Which is better? My bag got stolen. or I got my bag stolen.
4 ott 2022 10:46
Risposte · 13
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Hey, Nao! It would sound better to say, "My bag was stolen." "Got stolen" is not really proper English. :)
4 ottobre 2022
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Subject + get + object + past participle (got my bag stolen) mean you had someone do something. For example, "I got my nails done" means you went to the salon so that staff could make them pretty. So, by saying 'i got my bag stolen', it implies you asked someone to steal it, which wouldn't make much sense, unless it's an insurance scam ;)
6 ottobre 2022
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Either is understandable and they express the same meaning, but my bag got stolen, or even better, my bag was stolen, is more common.
4 ottobre 2022
バッグを盗まれた。This is probably the sentence you had in mind. Because in this special type of passive voice the bag is object (and not subject like in Western languages), "I got my bag stolen" would fit better into the Japanese pattern. Still, this is not exactly what you would say in English... unless you hired someone to steal your bag... if that makes sense.
6 ottobre 2022
My bag got stolen.
4 ottobre 2022
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