Receiving saying with 〜れる
Grammar Explanation: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
Cocoa takes a brief break from work to tell Chino something good that just happened.
- ココア:
- 「この前お客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言われちゃった」
- “Earlier, it was said by a customer that I have a sister complex.”
- Literal: “The other day, I ended up receiving it said by a customer, 'Cocoa-chan, you have a sister complex.'”
- チノ:
- 「え…」
- “Ah...”
- ココア:
- 「響きがかっこいいよね」
- “It sounds cool, doesn't it?”
Key Points
1言われちゃった = “I got told”
- The receiver of the saying is Cocoa, even though the sentence does not say 私が.
- Here お客さんに marks who said it: a customer said this to Cocoa.
2Receptive 〜れる with 言う
- 言う becomes 言われる in the receptive form.
- In full, the core idea is お客さんに 言われた: “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 は in ココアちゃんは belongs inside that quote; it is not marking the subject of 言われちゃった.
4ちゃった is casual てしまった
- 言われちゃった is the casual past form of 言われてしまった.
- ちゃった often adds a sense of “ended up”, but Cocoa is happy here, not upset.
- ちゃん is an affectionate, informal suffix attached to names, used mainly for children, close friends, and family members.
Vocabulary
言う (To say)
言う means to say or tell. It can also mean to call something by a particular name.
See Also
- Grammar: Receptive verbs with 〜れる
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Doing completely or ending up doing with 〜てしまう and 〜ちゃう
- Grammar: Marking the subject with が
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
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