to be made to do (against one's will)

The causative passive combines both forms to say someone was forced to do something they did not want to do. Ru-verbs end in させられる and u-verbs in せられる, often shortened to される (待たされる). The person who forces the action is marked with に.

Examples

• 私わたしは母ははに部屋へやを掃除そうじさせられました。

  Watashi wa haha ni heya o souji saseraremashita.

  I was made to clean my room by my mother.

• 飲のみ会かいで歌うたを歌うたわせられました。

  Nomikai de uta o utawaseraremashita.

  I was made to sing a song at the drinking party.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 私 I; me
• 母 mother (one's own)
• 部屋 room
• 掃除 cleaning
• する to do
• 歌 song

Related patterns · Causative

• 使役形（〜させる / 〜せる） to make or let someone do
• 〜させてください please let me do