Transitive Pairs

Some verbs describe situaltions in which humans act on something (transitive verbs),

other verbs describe changes that happen to things or people(intransitive verbs).

Transitive verbs:あける= open something, しめる= close something, いれる= put something in

Intrasitive verbs:あく= something opens, しまる= something closes, はいる= something goes inside

たけしさんがでんきをつけました。

Takeshi turned the lights on.

でんきだつきました。

The light went on.