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Kyō wa kumotte imasu ne.
It’s cloudy today.
Kiri ga kakatte imasu.
It’s foggy.
Kaminari ga natte imasu.
It is thundering.
E ga kakatte imasu.
A picture is hung.
However, with an inanimate object, GERUND + iru is
possible only if the verb is an intransitive verb. If it is
transitive, the construction GERUND + aru is used instead of
GERUND + iru.
E ga kakete arimasu.
A picture is hung.
