ところを 見つかる, this was in a highly reputable dictionary


Is this sentence wrong grammatically, or am I missing something?
カンニングをしているところを 見つかる This is an examplensentence from kenkyuusha.

More specifically, 見つかる is an intransitive verb, how is it used with を rather
than が？ Now i know some motion verbs like 歩く can do this, but as far as I know
見つかるr is not one.

If this was an indirect passive, it would have been を見つけられる. So thay is not
the case here either.

Thanks for the help!




> 「カンニングをしているところを [見]{み}つかる。」= "I am found cheating (on the test)."

This sentence is 100% grammatical. If you analyzed it using the grammar of
another language, however, it might look as though it were ungrammatical.

「見つかる」 , as you stated, is an intransitive verb, but it happens to fall into a
group of intransitive verbs that hold the transitive-verb-like
characteristics. In particular, these intransitive verbs are used just like
transitive verbs in the passive voice with 「を」 attached to the direct object.

Japanese-learners would need to know that it is far more natural for us to say
the sentence above than to say:

> 「カンニングをしているところを **見つけられる** 。」

using a real transitive verb 「見つける」 in its passive voice form.

This group of intransitive verbs include: 「[教]{おそ}わる = "to be
taught"」、「[授]{さず}かる = "to be blessed with"」、「ことづかる = "to be told to convey a
message or give a present"」, etc.




> 「カンニングをしているところを [見]{み}つかる。」= "I am found cheating (on the test)."

This sentence is 100% grammatical. If you analyzed it using the grammar of
another language, however, it might look as though it were ungrammatical.

「見つかる」 , as you stated, is an intransitive verb, but it happens to fall into a
group of intransitive verbs that hold the transitive-verb-like
characteristics. In particular, these intransitive verbs are used just like
transitive verbs in the passive voice with 「を」 attached to the direct object.

Japanese-learners would need to know that it is far more natural for us to say
the sentence above than to say:

> 「カンニングをしているところを **見つけられる** 。」

using a real transitive verb 「見つける」 in its passive voice form.

This group of intransitive verbs include: 「[教]{おそ}わる = "to be
taught"」、「[授]{さず}かる = "to be blessed with"」、「ことづかる = "to be told to convey a
message or give a present"」, etc.

