Receiving a throwing with 〜れる
Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
After learning the fortunes she told didn’t come true for Chino and Rize, Cocoa lists the bad fortune she ran into.
- ココア:
- 「そっかー」
- “I see.”
- 「私あんこが落下してきたりスカートめくれちゃってたりシャロちゃんにお金投げられたり色々あって大変だったよー」
- “All sorts of things happened to me, like Anko falling on me, my skirt flipping up, and having Sharo-chan throw money at me, so it was rough.”
- Literal: “I had various things happen, like Anko falling on me, my skirt flipping up, and receiving money thrown by Sharo-chan, so it was rough.”
- 「占い勝負はティッピーの勝ちだね」
- “Then Tippy wins the fortune-telling contest.”
投げる’s negative stem is 投げ. Append られる for 投げられる.
Key Points
1〜たり lists the things that happened to Cocoa
- The line gives examples rather than a complete list. 投げられたり presents Cocoa as affected by Syaro throwing money.
2ティッピーの勝ちだね confirms the result
- だ identifies the outcome as Tippy’s win, and ね seeks agreement with that conclusion.
- ちゃん is an affectionate, informal suffix attached to names, used mainly for children, close friends, and family members.
Vocabulary
私 (I)
私 means “I” or “me”. It is the standard first-person pronoun in polite speech and is also common in casual speech among women.
大変 (Serious)
大変 means serious, terrible, or difficult. As an adverb, it means “very”.
勝負 (Match)
勝負 means a contest, match, or showdown that decides a winner and loser.
See Also
- Grammar: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Connecting actions with 〜て・〜で
- Grammar: Doing completely or ending up doing with 〜てしまう and 〜ちゃう
- Future entry: Seeking agreement with ね
- Grammar: The copula だ
- Kanji: Below and lowering with 下
- Kanji: Privacy and self with 私
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