Can someone translate this sentence please? Thanks in advance!


> わたしは誰かに買いたかったものを買われた。

Hi there I’m slightly confused with this sentence means, and also why is 買いた
used?isn’t the past tense for買う 買った？




> 「わたしは誰{だれ}かに買{か}いたかったものを買われた。」

is, of course, a **_perfect_** sentence in every way.

> why is 買いた used? Isn’t the past tense for 買う 買った？

「買いた」 is not meant to be used as the past tense of 「買う」. Rather, 「買いたかった」 is
the past tense of 「買いたい」, which means " ** _to want to buy_** ". So, 「買いたかった」
means " ** _wanted to buy_** ". Are you following this?

「買いたかったもの」 means "the thing that I (had) wanted to buy".

Next, 「買われた」.

That is in the **_passive voice_** form, commonly known as the " ** _suffering
passive_** " in Japanese grammar. It means " ** _was bought by another person
(instead of you)_** ". You did not get it; You suffered.

Thus, as you already understand, the sentence means:

> "Someone bought the thing that I (had) wanted to buy."

The original is in passive voice as I stated, but it is not natural to say
this in passive voice in English. So, my translation above is in the active
voice.

To force the passive voice, however, it could be translated to:

> "The thing that I (had) wanted to buy was bought by someone (else)."

Trust me, you will keep encountering the suffering passive as long as you
study Japanese.




> 「わたしは誰{だれ}かに買{か}いたかったものを買われた。」

is, of course, a **_perfect_** sentence in every way.

> why is 買いた used? Isn’t the past tense for 買う 買った？

「買いた」 is not meant to be used as the past tense of 「買う」. Rather, 「買いたかった」 is
the past tense of 「買いたい」, which means " ** _to want to buy_** ". So, 「買いたかった」
means " ** _wanted to buy_** ". Are you following this?

「買いたかったもの」 means "the thing that I (had) wanted to buy".

Next, 「買われた」.

That is in the **_passive voice_** form, commonly known as the " ** _suffering
passive_** " in Japanese grammar. It means " ** _was bought by another person
(instead of you)_** ". You did not get it; You suffered.

Thus, as you already understand, the sentence means:

> "Someone bought the thing that I (had) wanted to buy."

The original is in passive voice as I stated, but it is not natural to say
this in passive voice in English. So, my translation above is in the active
voice.

To force the passive voice, however, it could be translated to:

> "The thing that I (had) wanted to buy was bought by someone (else)."

Trust me, you will keep encountering the suffering passive as long as you
study Japanese.

