二 日 だ け ? 大 変 ！ い つ も 気 が 変 わ る の ボ ッ ス が い る こ と を 面 倒 に な る そ う 。 。 。
did that make any sense? “having a boss that always changes his mind seems to complicate matters…” hmm…
haha -で も 一 生 懸 命 が ん ば っ た ！
gj jpod101 team!
あ り が と う ね ！

haha I didn’t realise 一生懸命 was on this weeks lessons…but lets pretend i did
yeh, double spacing was because i was typing a jap speech (easier to see if i set it on “double spacing” option)
thx for the tip!

TempleUniJP　誕生日おめでとうございます！

maxiewawa さん
こんにちは。なおみです。
The difference between 食べられる and 食べれる　is a very very controversial topic.
Some scholar says 食べれる is a grammatically wrong expression, some says it’s correct.

Anyway, 食べれる is usually used in a sentence indicating potential to eat (edible).
食べられる is used in a sentence indicating passive or honorific.
EX)　社長は魚を（or が）食べれる。
　　　Shachou wa sakana o (or ga) tabereru. →potential
The president can eat fish.
　　 社長は魚を食べられる。
　　　Shchou ga sakana o taberareru.→honorific
Mr. president eats fish.
魚は人に食べられる。
Sakana wa hito ni taberareru.
Fish is eaten by human. →passive
According to “a dictionary of basic japanese grammar”, 食べれる is used only in informal conversation.

Two points, “rareru” can also be used as an honorific can it not? Such as iwaremashita “honorably said”. Also, why must the honorable shachosama of Japanesepod101 be such slavedrivers? kuiaretame ho ga ii desho ne

こんにちは。なおみです。
Neil-san
>>> “rareru” can also be used as an honorific can it not? Such as iwaremashita “honorably said”.
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はい。Yes. You are right.
“iwaremashita” = “(someone) honorably said”-honorific, or “(I was) told”-passive
ex)
Neil said “You’d better repent for your sins.”
Neil san wa “Kuiaratameta hou ga ii. ” to iwaremashita.
or you can also use “ossharu”
Neil san wa “Kuiaratameta hou ga ii. ” to osshaimashita.
“ossharu” is a special honorific word for “iu”

markw-san
>>>For the word ‘able to write’ can you use both ‘kakareru’ and ‘kakeru’?
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いいえ。No. For verb conjugation for passive, basically we change verb ending -u (group 1) to -eru and verb ending -ru (group 2) to -rareru.
ex)
[group1] u→eru
ka u →ka e ru
ka ku →ka ke ru
ha na su →ha na se ru
[group2] u →areru
ta be ru →　ta be ra rer u
ne ru → ne ra re ru
[group3]
su ru　→　de ki ru
ku ru →　ko ra re ru

In summary, “kakareru” means “something is written” or “someone honorably writes”. and “kakeru” means “be able to write”

I hope it makes sense to you.