Receiving a scolding with 〜れる
Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
Cocoa and her friends visit an indoor hot spring.
- ココア:
- 「小さい頃銭湯で泳いだっけ」
- “Come to think of it, I used to swim at the public bath when I was little.”
- シャロ:
- 「それでよく怒られたわよね」
- “You used to get receive a scolding for that a lot, right?”
- Literal: “You often received a scolding for that, right?”
怒る’s negative stem is 怒ら. Append れる for 怒られる.
Key Points
1怒られた presents Cocoa as the recipient of scolding
- The person who scolded her is omitted. それで points back to swimming in the public bath as the reason.
2泳いだっけ searches the speaker’s memory
- Final っけ marks Cocoa recalling whether she used to swim at the public bath when she was little.
- それで at the start of a sentence refers back to something previously said and introduces the result, much like “so” or “therefore” or “and then”.
See Also
- Grammar: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
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