่ฟทๆใฎๅ่บซ
Meiwaku no ukemi
Suffering Passive
๐ธ Expressing Adversity with Passive Voice ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Doushita no? Kaoiro ga warui yo.
What's wrong? You look pale.
Kinou, kaeri ni ame ni furarete, kaze o hiichatta no.
On my way home yesterday, I got rained on and caught a cold.
Sore wa taihen datta ne. Kasa wa motte inakatta no?
That's rough. Didn't you have an umbrella?
Un. Omake ni densha de tonari no hito ni ashi o fumarete, sanzan datta wa.
Yeah. To make matters worse, I had my foot stepped on by the person next to me on the train; it was terrible.
Sainan datta ne. Yoru wa yukkuri yasumeta?
What a disaster. Were you able to rest well at night?
Iie, yonaka ni tonari no heya no hito ni sawagarete, zenzen nemurenakatta no.
No, the person in the next room was making noise, so I couldn't sleep at all.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
(Watashi wa) ame ni furaremashita.
I was rained on (and it was a problem).
- Pattern: [Subject] ใฏ [Agent] ใซ [Passive Verb]ใ
- Meaning: To be affected by an action in a negative or bothersome way.
Dorobou ni saifu o nusumaremashita.
I had my wallet stolen by a thief.
Yonaka ni akachan ni nakaremashita.
The baby cried in the middle of the night (and I was troubled by it).
๐ Explanation
The 'Suffering Passive' (่ฟทๆใฎๅ่บซ - Meiwaku no Ukemi) is a unique Japanese construction used to express that the speaker was negatively affected by someone else's action.
Unlike the standard passive, you can use intransitive verbs like 'rain' (furu) or 'cry' (naku). For example, ใ้จใซ้ใใใใ literally means 'was rained by the rain,' implying you got wet and are unhappy about it.
When using transitive verbs, the structure is often: [Victim] wa [Agent] ni [Object] o [Passive Verb]. This emphasizes the speaker's sense of loss or annoyance.
Ame ni furarete kaze o hiita.
= 'I got rained on and caught a cold.'
Tonari no hito ni sawagareta.
= 'I was bothered by the person next to me making noise.'
๐ Quiz
Which sentence correctly expresses 'I had my wallet stolen by a thief' using the suffering passive?