元に戻した/戻った which?


Sometimes I struggle with transit and intransitive verbs and had a question.
I’d like to say I took medicine and am pretty much back to normal. Would this
be 「薬飲んで、元に戻した」 Or 「薬飲んで、元に戻った」 or neither lol.

Thank you!




You can use either based on how you feel about your contribution to the
outcome (i.e. you are now back to normal).

「戻った」is based on「戻る」. This is an intransitive expression that can be used when
you feel you didn't commit to the outcome or you just want to describe what
has happened. 「薬飲んで、元に戻った」is something like "I took medicine and my health has
recovered."

「戻した」is based on 「戻す」. This is a transitive expression. This can be used when
you feel what you did is significant to achieve the outcome. 「薬飲んで、元に戻した」is
something like "I made my health recover by taking medicine."




You can use either based on how you feel about your contribution to the
outcome (i.e. you are now back to normal).

「戻った」is based on「戻る」. This is an intransitive expression that can be used when
you feel you didn't commit to the outcome or you just want to describe what
has happened. 「薬飲んで、元に戻った」is something like "I took medicine and my health has
recovered."

「戻した」is based on 「戻す」. This is a transitive expression. This can be used when
you feel what you did is significant to achieve the outcome. 「薬飲んで、元に戻した」is
something like "I made my health recover by taking medicine."

