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Causative-passive

be made to (do)

Causative + passive: 食べさせられる · Godan short form: 飲まされる

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Put the causative and the passive together and you get "be made to do": 子どもの時、毎日ピアノを練習させられた, "as a kid I was made to practise the piano every day". The person who made you takes に.

  • ichidan verbs: させられる: 食べさせられる
  • godan verbs: せられる, or the shorter される that's usual in speech: 飲ませられる / 飲まされる, 待たせられる / 待たされる. Verbs ending in す only take the long form: 話させられる.
  • する → させられる, 来る → 来させられる

It almost always means you didn't want to: being kept waiting (待たされた), being made to drink (飲まされた), being made to eat your vegetables.

Examples

  • 子こどもの時とき、毎日まいにちピアノを練習れんしゅうさせられました。

    As a kid, I was made to practise the piano every day.

  • 飲のみ会かいでお酒さけを飲のまされた。

    I was made to drink at the party.

  • 先生せんせいに作文さくぶんを書かき直なおさせられました。

    The teacher made me rewrite my essay.

  • 駅えきで一時間いちじかんも待またされた。

    I was kept waiting at the station for a whole hour.

  • 嫌きらいな野菜やさいを食たべさせられた。

    I was made to eat vegetables I hate.

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