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3課 受身・使役・使役受身
Passive / commanded / dictated — to be, to be, to be caught, to be allowed
3課

〜(さ)せられる(使役受身)

接続:(私)は (人)に V使役受身形
Being forced to do it — doing it not because I want to, has nuances of irritability, reluctance.
注意 / Note:There is always a negative feeling. If this is what you want, you should use 〜させてもらう and not させられる.
比較 / Compare:待たされた(being made to wait — unpleasant)/待たせてもらった(allowed to wait — unnatural).
よく出る形 / Common form:(私)は(人)に (時間・回数)+Vさせられた。
私は母に毎日部屋を片付けさせられました。
My mother forced me to clean my room every day.
一時間も待たされた。
I was made to wait for an hour.
いやな仕事をさせられて、疲れました。
Being forced to do a job I hate is so tiring.

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