よつばと!Vol 1 Discussion Thread (Beginner's Book Club)

I haven’t read that far yet, so I don’t know the context, but I can answer for the conjugations.

Passive verbs are made with the conjugation られる in Japanese. 壊れる→壊れられる

壊れてる is most likely the spoken form of 壊れている, which you are probably familiar with, that means “is broken”.

edit: if you are ever unsure about conjugations I can recommend this tool that I used when I started learning Japanese http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com

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