Causative-Passive Form

Introduction

Okay so recently you learned the passive, or "receptive" form (～られる), as well as the causative form (～させる), but what if I told you we could combine these two forms into one SUPER form.

Well, we can. It's called the passive-causative form, and it's the topic of this lesson! Leggo!

I have been caused... to suffer something!

Structure

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  Negative verb stem(さ)せられる
  Example:
  → ピザを無理むりやり食たべさせられた。
  ”I was forced to eat pizza.”

Many learners struggle with the causative-passive, likely because it seems like this huge conjugation, and then it's like "Who's doing what? And why is it negative and..." blah blah. Luckily, we've set you up for success by teaching the passive and causative forms as they really are: a negative verb stem + an auxiliary verb.