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Receiving praise with 〜れる

Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる

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Cocoa prepares to teach Chiya, Chino, and Rize how to bake bread.

リゼ:
「それにしてもココアがパン作(つく)れるって意外(いがい)だったな」
“Still, I didn't expect you to know how to bake bread, Cocoa.”
ココア:
「えへへー」
“Hee hee!”
チノ:
「褒(ほ)められてるわけじゃないと…」
“It's not like you're being praised...”
Literal: “It is not that you're receiving praise...”

Key Points

1褒(ほ)められてる means being praised
  • Cocoa takes Rize’s surprise as praise.
2褒(ほ)める becomes 褒(ほ)められる
  • The ichidan verb drops る and adds られる. 褒(ほ)められてる contracts 褒(ほ)められている.
3わけじゃない rejects Cocoa’s conclusion
  • 〜わけじゃない means “it is not the case that…” Chino thinks Rize’s comment should not count as praise.
4パン作(つく)れるって意外(いがい)だった makes Cocoa’s ability the topic
  • 作(つく)れる is the potential form, “can make”. って puts that whole fact forward as what surprised Rize.

Vocabulary

(To make)

作(つく)る means to create or prepare something.

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