A couple translations I'm not exactly why or think I'm correct on why it is


面白い事件が起こりました。- This translates to "An interesting incident occurred" instead
of "I caused an interesting incident" is because of the indicative form of
**起こ** which indicates an event rather than a causative action.

窓側の席のほうがいいですが。- This sentence has me beat, "I prefer a window seat"? "ほうがいい"
indicate preference? What's the "が" at the end supposed to indicate.

石鹼はそこに置いてあります。- "The soap is placed there", I'm confused, I thought the
imperative form of **置く** indicates it's a causative action, but it's not?




In future please only ask one question per post.

> 面白い事件が起こりました  
>  An interesting incident occurred.

The verb here is 起こる, which is an intransitive verb meaning "something
happened". If you want to say that you caused the incident you need the
transitive version of the verb which is 起こす. Your sentence would then be
面白い事件を起こしました (I caused an interesting incident). Note the change from が to を.

> 窓側の席のほうがいいですが  
>  I would prefer a window seat

The が at the end literally means 'but'. The rest of the sentence is left
unsaid. You can fill in the missing part in your head with " but I don't want
to be a bother" or anything like that. This is a very common way to make a
request in Japanese. It makes the request less direct and therefore more
polite. I feel sure this has been discussed a lot on this site but
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/39015/what-is-the-meaning-
of-%E3%81%8C-as-a-sentence-ending-particle-here/39016#39016) is the only link
I could find.

> 石鹼はそこに置いてあります  
>  The soap is there.

There is no imperative form in this sentence. This is the て form of the verb
with the auxiliary ある. The てある grammar point is discussed in [this
link](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/when-
is-v%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B-the-continuation-of-action-and-when-is-it-the-
continuation-of-state?noredirect=1&lq=1).




In future please only ask one question per post.

> 面白い事件が起こりました  
>  An interesting incident occurred.

The verb here is 起こる, which is an intransitive verb meaning "something
happened". If you want to say that you caused the incident you need the
transitive version of the verb which is 起こす. Your sentence would then be
面白い事件を起こしました (I caused an interesting incident). Note the change from が to を.

> 窓側の席のほうがいいですが  
>  I would prefer a window seat

The が at the end literally means 'but'. The rest of the sentence is left
unsaid. You can fill in the missing part in your head with " but I don't want
to be a bother" or anything like that. This is a very common way to make a
request in Japanese. It makes the request less direct and therefore more
polite. I feel sure this has been discussed a lot on this site but
[this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/39015/what-is-the-meaning-
of-%E3%81%8C-as-a-sentence-ending-particle-here/39016#39016) is the only link
I could find.

> 石鹼はそこに置いてあります  
>  The soap is there.

There is no imperative form in this sentence. This is the て form of the verb
with the auxiliary ある. The てある grammar point is discussed in [this
link](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/when-
is-v%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%82%8B-the-continuation-of-action-and-when-is-it-the-
continuation-of-state?noredirect=1&lq=1).

