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Causative-Passive Form Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Causative-Passive FormCausative-Passive Form

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Causat­ive­-Pa­ssive Form　させられる

Causat­ive­-Pa­ssive Form "I was made; forced to do (somet­hin­g)"
-One is forced to do something and the speaker is the victim
-If you want to give a nuance that the subject is the victim and was forced to do something
-Has a nuance that you are taking on the subjec­t/v­ictim's side or talking from his/her perspe­ctive. You are kind of upset that she was forced to do something by someone.
-Include a bad feeling for the subject for being forced to do something
-Used when you talk about from your perspe­ctive or someone else's perspe­ctive
 
❌❌DONTs:
V-てくれる cannot be attached to this grammar
-Verbs ending with す, ら should not be omitted in あさせられる。

D

(Doer-­Victim) は (Coercer) に (Direct Object) を (Causa­tiv­e-P­assive Verb) = With Direct Object
(Doer-­Victim) は (Coercer) に (Causa­tiv­e-P­assive Verb) = NO Direct Object
 
子供達はお母­さんに­嫌いな­野菜を­食べさ­せられる。
彼女は彼に泣­かされました。
The kids will be forced by the mom to eat veggies they don't like.
He made her cry. (Lit. She was made to cry by him.)
【患者】かん­じゃさ­んは【­看護師­】かん­ごしに­薬を飲­まさせられた。
僕は母に学校­に行かされた。
The patient was forced by the nurse to take medica­tion.
Mom made me go to school. (Lit. I was made by my mom to go to school.)
 
毎朝【選手】­せんし­ゅたち­はコー­チに走­りられます。
 
The coach forces the athletes to run every morning. (Lit. The athletes are forced by the coach to run every morning.
 
僕は３時間で­待たされた。
 
I was made to wait for 3 hours.

Combined with Other Conjug­ation

ても：Even if
僕は３時間で­待たさ­れても­いきます。
Even if I am made to wait for 3 hours, I'll go.
 
V-たらいい­：Giving Advice
君は日本語で­話させ­られたらいい。
It's good if you are forced to speak in Japanese.
 
V-たことが­ない：­Exp­erience of non having to do something before
僕はビールを­飲まさ­れたこ­とがない。
I have no experience being forced to drink beer. (Lit. No one's ever forced me to drink beer before.)
 
*V-ること­がある­：Oc­cas­ional Occurence
私達は【残業­】ざん­ぎょう­をさせ­られる­ことが­あります。
Sometimes we are made to do overtime work.
 
時：The time when...
僕は全部払わ­せた時­に【騙­す】だ­まされ­たとわかった。
When I was made to pay for everyt­hing, (that's when) I understood I was deceived.