Forms and conjugation of Intransitive Verbs


Can Intransitive verbs be used in Meirei form, Volitional form, ください form and
other forms?

According to my knowledge, Intransitive verbs are just used to state facts. So
these forms should not exist. If I am asking someone to do something, the
expression should use the transitive form of the verb.

But in one anime (Bleach episode 114), when the hero sees his inner monster
take over him, he says something which sounded like 「消えろ」. The English
translation was given as "Disappear!" But 消える, which means "to go out; to
vanish; to disappear", is an Intransitive verb. This makes me ask the
question, can I use such forms with Intransitive verbs?

To summarize, which of the forms work with Intransitive form and which don't?
Thanks in advance!




There are specific verbs which don't take the potential form (offhand I
remember する, which changes to できる, and 分かる, which you can circumvent by using
理解できる. Naturally, できる can't be put in the potential form either, due to
recursion.). Other than that, I don't recall any verbs that are prohibited
from using specified forms. Transitivity affects particle usage, but all of
the verb forms remain available. In the case of intransitives and the
imperative you can think of it as an order to put things in the state dictated
by the verb (e.g. 消えろ = "get yourself gone/make yourself scarce"; 立ち上がれ =
"rise up!").




There are specific verbs which don't take the potential form (offhand I
remember する, which changes to できる, and 分かる, which you can circumvent by using
理解できる. Naturally, できる can't be put in the potential form either, due to
recursion.). Other than that, I don't recall any verbs that are prohibited
from using specified forms. Transitivity affects particle usage, but all of
the verb forms remain available. In the case of intransitives and the
imperative you can think of it as an order to put things in the state dictated
by the verb (e.g. 消えろ = "get yourself gone/make yourself scarce"; 立ち上がれ =
"rise up!").

