Function of に in this passive construction


I understand the basics of the "suffering passive". For example, it's my
understanding that in a sentence like 友達にビールを飲まれた, "tomodachi ni" marks the
person who drank your beer.

> ぼくにもんくいわれても困る

Who does ぼく refer to and what is the role of ぼくに in this sentence?

![bokunimonkuiwaretemokomaru](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gOr2i.jpg)




You're right that the sentence is Suffering Passive (迷惑の受身), a kind of
Indirect Passive (間接受身).

Here in [僕]{ぼく} **に** [文句]{もんく}言われても[困]{こま}る, 僕に doesn't mark the person who
does 文句言う, but the indirect object of 言う.

> 僕 **に** 文句(を)言う = (you) complain **to** me.

It's saying "I will 困る if you 文句を言う to me."




You're right that the sentence is Suffering Passive (迷惑の受身), a kind of
Indirect Passive (間接受身).

Here in [僕]{ぼく} **に** [文句]{もんく}言われても[困]{こま}る, 僕に doesn't mark the person who
does 文句言う, but the indirect object of 言う.

> 僕 **に** 文句(を)言う = (you) complain **to** me.

It's saying "I will 困る if you 文句を言う to me."

