〜させられる
〜させられる means be made to do. It is a JLPT N4 grammar point. 「〜させられる」 is the causative passive form, used when someone is made to do something by another person. It often carries the feeling that the action was unwanted or burdensome. The person who caused it is usually marked with 「に」.
Japanese sources describe it as 「無理に〜させられる」.
〜させられる examples
私は母に部屋を掃除させられました。
I was made to clean my room by my mother.
学生は先生に漢字を書かせられました。
The student was made to write kanji by the teacher.
〜させられる exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
私は母に野菜を（ ）。
- 食べました
- 食べさせました
- 食べられました
- 食べさせられました ✓
I was made to eat vegetables by my mother.
弟は父に本を（ ）。
- 読ませられました ✓
- 読みました
- 読まれました
- 読ませました
My younger brother was made to read a book by my father.
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