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difference between 言った and 言われた

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difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby palver72202 » October 20th, 2015 10:38 am

Hi all, :D

Recently I read a sentence that uses 言われた。I think this word means "said" in English. But when I looked in jisho.org, the website list the past form of say, 言う、 as 言った。 So what is the difference in usage and meaning? Can you point me to a lesson which uses this word 言われた ?

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Re: difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby mmmason8967 » October 21st, 2015 2:53 pm

言った is the past form of 言う and, as you said, it means "said" or "told".

言われる is the passive form of 言う and it means "to be told". 言われた is the past form of the passive, and so means "was told".

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Re: difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby palver72202 » October 22nd, 2015 12:13 pm

Thanks for the explanation マイケル。 :D

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Re: difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby community.japanese » October 23rd, 2015 8:17 am

マイケルさん、
こんにちは。はい、その通りですね。
しかし、敬語の可能性もあるかもしれません。

palver72202 san,
konnichiwa.
What マイケルsan said is correct.
However, 言われる also means ‘someone said (honorific expression).’
I don’t have the whole sentence so I don’t know which one…
For example,
私は母に「勉強しなさい」と言われた。
If the sentence structure is
Person A (this part can be omitted) は Person B に something と言われた, the 言われた is the past form of the passive.
That means ‘I was told ‘study!’ by my mother.

The other one
先生がテストの予定を言われた。
If the sentence structure is
Person A (person in higher position) が/は something を/と 言われた, the 言われた is an honorific expression.
My teacher told about a schedule of tests to us. (showing respect to the teacher)

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Re: difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby mmmason8967 » October 24th, 2015 7:39 am

由紀先生 wrote:しかし、敬語の可能性もあるかもしれません。

あぁ、そうですか。私、まだまだです... :?

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Re: difference between 言った and 言われた

Postby community.japanese » October 25th, 2015 3:02 am

マイケルさん、
こんにちは。
文ではないし、前後の意味もないのでどちらかは分かりませんね...。
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