19.1.2 受け身·使役受け身: V(ら)れます [have … done V to you by someone else (Passive of Ownership)]

うちの犬にめがねをこわされました。

My dog broke my glasses.

我的狗把眼鏡弄壞了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
うちの	uchi-no	modifiers	my
犬に	inu ni	particles	to the dog
めがねを	megane-wo	subject	glasses (object marker)
こわされました	kowasa-re-mashi-ta	verb conjugations	was broken

I was taken away my comic book by my teacher.

被老師沒收了漫畫。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生に	sensei-ni	modifiers	to the teacher
まんがを	manga-wo	subject	manga (object marker)
取り上げられた。	toriage-rare-ta-。	verb conjugations	was taken away.

It’s because I was reading during class.

因為在課堂上讀的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
授業中	jugyouchuu	modifiers	during the class
読んでいた	yondeita	predicate	was reading
からだ。	karada.	-	that’s why

My husband and I were talking in a small voice, but our child overheard our conversation.

我和丈夫小聲地說話，結果被孩子聽到了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしと	watashi-to	modifiers	with me
夫は	otto-wa	subject	husband (topic marker)
小さい声で	chi-sai-koe-de	modifiers	in a small voice
話したのに	hanashi-ta-noni	verb conjugations	even though we spoke
子どもに	kodomo-ni	modifiers	to the child
話を	hanashi o	particles	the conversation
聞かれてしまった。	kika-re-te-shima-t-ta-。	predicate	was overheard.

My child was praised today by a neighbor for their greeting skills.

我的孩子今天被鄰居讚揚了他的問候方式。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
うちの子は	uchi-no-ko-wa	subject	My child (topic marker)
今日	kyo	modifiers	today
近所の人に	kinjo-no-hito-ni	modifiers	to the neighbor
あいさつの	aisatsu-no	modifiers	greeting
し方を	shikata o	particles	how to
ほめられた。	home-rare-ta-。	predicate	was praised.

I was pushed in the back by the person behind me.

我被後面的人推了一下背。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしは	watashi-wa	subject	I (topic marker)
後ろの	ushiro-no	modifiers	of the back
人に	hito ni	particles	to the person
背中を	senaka-wo	subject	back (object marker)
押されました	osa-re-mashi-ta	verb conjugations	was pushed