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    3. 〜させられる

    〜させられる

    〜させられる

    This means someone made you do something. You did not want to do it. You might feel unhappy about it.

    N3KMT7NeutralStandardVerb ConstructionMixedPassive Voice FunctionsGrammar

    Verb [ない-form, drop い] + されるPrimary

    This means someone made you do something. You did not want to do it. You might feel unhappy about it.

    子こ供どもの頃ころ、母はは親おやに牛ぎゅう乳にゅうを無む理りやり飲のまされた。

    When I was a child, my mother forced me to drink milk.

    NeutralPastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeFamily & RelationshipsFood & Dining
    会かい議ぎで、急きゅうに意い見けんを言いわされました。

    I was suddenly made to give my opinion at the meeting.

    PolitePastAffirmativeSentence EndingDeclarativeWork & CareerBusiness & Finance
    上じょう司しの命めい令れいでも、意い味みのないことまではやらされないので、安あん心しんしてください。

    Even if it's an order from my boss, I won't be made to do things that are meaningless, so please don't worry.

    NeutralNon PastNegativeMid SentenceDeclarativeWork & Career
    先せん輩ぱいに書くかされた反はん省せい文ぶんを先せん生せいに提てい出しゅつした。

    I submitted the apology letter that my senior made me write to the teacher.

    NeutralPastAffirmativePrenominalDeclarativeEducation
    毎まい日にち、部ぶ長ちょうに遅おそくまで働はたらかされるんだ。

    Every day, the department manager makes me work late.

    CasualNon PastAffirmativeSentence EndingEmphaticWork & Career

    This form shows you were made to do something. You did not want to do it. It feels like a burden. It can make you feel annoyed or upset. The person who made you do it uses the particle に.

    This form is for Godan verbs. It is different from Ichidan verbs. Ichidan verbs use 〜させられる. They are not the same.

    Don't use this when you want to say "I was made to see." You should say 見させられる, not 見さされる. This ending is only for verbs like 待つ. Other verbs use different forms. For example, 見る becomes 見させられる. する becomes させられる. 来る becomes 来させられる.

    More formal alternatives(1)

    〜さされる

    This means someone makes you do something. You do not want to do it. It is a shorter way to say 〜させられる.

    ない形

    This is how you make a verb negative. It means "do not" or "will not." It is the casual way to say 〜ません.

    Verb causative form(せる / させる)

    This grammar shows that you make someone do something. It can also mean you let someone do something.

    受身形 (られる)

    This grammar shows that someone or something receives an action. It means something is done to them. It can also show when something bad happens to someone.

    〜させられる

    This means someone makes you do something. You do not want to do it. Or, someone does something to you.

    〜される (causative passive)

    This grammar shows you were made to do something. You might not have wanted to do it.

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