The grammar of てちょうどいい


Same sentence, different question:

> 「あんたなんて甘やかしたらどこまでもツケあがるタチだから、 **厳しくされてちょうどいい** のよ。」  
>  If I pamper the likes of you, you'll be endlessly spoiled, so ...

The grammar in the clause in bold is confusing me. 厳しく is "strictly", and I
believe ちょうどいい is "just right". されて is presumably the passive て form of する.

Is the て form providing the usual role of joining clauses (i.e. 'and' etc) or
does the combination of て and ちょうどいい form a single unit like てある, てほしい etc?
So, for example, can I always treat verb-てちょうどいい to mean "doing verb is just
right"?

Finally, how should I translate する? The only translation I can make is "Being
**treated** strictly is just right", but I can't find any dictionary that says
する can mean "to treat".




厳しくされてちょうどいい is literally "being done strictly is just right." Translating する
as "treated" makes sense because you can infer that what is being done is the
treatment of the other character, since that's what they were talking about.

> "(Treatment (of you)) being done strictly is just right"

The words in parentheses are implied from context, not an inherent meaning of
する.

> So, for example, can I always treat verb-てちょうどいい to mean "doing verb is just
> right"?

Yes, unless ちょうどいい is modifying something after it instead, like
「レストランに行ってちょうどいいプチパンケーキセットを食べたよ。」 "I went to a restaurant and ate a mini-
pancake set that was just right (in size)."




厳しくされてちょうどいい is literally "being done strictly is just right." Translating する
as "treated" makes sense because you can infer that what is being done is the
treatment of the other character, since that's what they were talking about.

> "(Treatment (of you)) being done strictly is just right"

The words in parentheses are implied from context, not an inherent meaning of
する.

> So, for example, can I always treat verb-てちょうどいい to mean "doing verb is just
> right"?

Yes, unless ちょうどいい is modifying something after it instead, like
「レストランに行ってちょうどいいプチパンケーキセットを食べたよ。」 "I went to a restaurant and ate a mini-
pancake set that was just right (in size)."

