Japanese with Manga
Learning through examples in manga

Receiving saying with 〜れる

Manga panel from ご注文はうさぎですか? showing example of Receiving saying with 〜れる.
ご注文はうさぎですか? » Volume 1 » Page 4

Cocoa excitedly tells Chino about a comment she received from a customer.

ココア:
「この(まえ)(きゃく)さんにココアちゃんはシスター・コンプレックスだねって()れちゃった
“Earlier, it was said by a customer that I have a sister complex.”
チノ:
「え…」
“Ah...”
ココア:
(ひび)きがかっこいいよね」
“It sounds cool, doesn't it?”

Key Points

  1. ()われちゃった = “I got told”

    • The receiver of the saying is Cocoa, even though the sentence does not say 私が.

    • Here (きゃく)さんに marks who said it: a customer said this to Cocoa.

  2. Receptive 〜れる with ()

    • () becomes ()われる in the receptive form.

    • In full, the core idea is (きゃく)さんに ()われた: “I was told by a customer” or “a customer told me”.

  3. って marks the quoted comment

    • Everything before って is what the customer said: ココアちゃんはシスター・コンプレックスだね.

    • The in ココアちゃんは belongs inside that quote; it is not marking the subject of ()われちゃった.

  4. ちゃった is casual てしまった

    • ()われちゃった is the casual past form of ()われてしまった.

    • ちゃった often adds a sense of “ended up”, but Cocoa is happy here, not upset.