Causative Passive: meaning and usage

How to form it

• godan verb (nai-form without ない)+せられる/される
• ichidan verb stem (without る)+させられる
• する → させられる/来る → 来させられる

How it is used

“Be made to do”: the subject unwillingly does what someone else required, and that person takes 「に」. U-verbs often use the short form 「〜される」 (「待たされる」), except verbs ending in 「す」.

Examples

1. 給食の時、生徒は先生に野菜を全部食べさせられました。

   During school lunch, the students were forced by the teacher to eat all of the vegetables.

2. 駅で一時間も待たされました。

   I was kept waiting at the station for a whole hour.

3. 子どものころ、毎日ピアノを練習させられた。

   As a kid, I was made to practice the piano every day.