Grammar Quiz No.84

N2Passive & CausativeHonorific passive

社長は何時ごろ___ますか。

Q. Which form uses the passive as an honorific for 'return'?

Translation

Around what time will the president return?

Explanation

The passive form doubles as a light honorific: 帰られます 'will (honorably) return'. 帰らされる is causative-passive ('be made to go home') — a very different meaning.