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1) 食べる羊 can be
① "the sheep that eats" 羊 is the subject for 食べる.
「羊が食べる」>>「食べる羊」
② "the sheep to eat" "the sheep you/someone eat(s)" 羊 is the object for 食べる.
「羊を食べる」>>「食べる羊」
2) 食べられる羊
When the 羊 is the subject for 食べられる. 「羊が食べられる」>>「食べられる羊」
The (ら)れる can be:
① a passive auxiliary verb. "the sheep that is eaten" eg.狼に食べられる羊
② a potential auxiliary verb. ...
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In the verb+noun construction (in fact, this is a sentence+noun construcion), there is no strict rule that the noun is meant to be a subject for the verb's action. This is the most frequent case but no rule at all. The noun can also be a direct object, an indirect object, or something just associated with the action. Thus, 食べる人 can mean "the person that ...
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In addition to the previous answer, often these forms are seen with an particle in the middle (は or も), and are used followed by for such as が・けど (examples borrowed/stolen from internet, any translation mistakes my own)
気持ち分からなくはないけど... It's not that I don't understand his feelings, but... (I do understand, but I still don't approve of his actions/won't ...
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Snailboat's link is a very interesting read and you should read it if possible (the following answer is mainly based on it).
First, one should note that the first usages of 受かる exist from the Meiji period. This means it is a relatively new word. Around this time, there was something called [言文一致運動]{げんぶんいっちうんどう}, where people were trying to change the ...
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(I'm responding to your afterthoughts)
おすしを食べてもいいですか？
Could you use this in response? おすしを食べることができません。
I think you could say:
お寿司 は 食べることができません。
お寿司を食べること は できません。
お寿司 は 食べられません。
or お寿司 は 食べること は できません。etc.
... using the binding particle は somewhere.
おすしを食べてもよくないです。
one-- is this grammatically correct?
two-- is this saying what I think it ...
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For starters, could 「・・・食べる食事」 also mean:
"a meal that (I/you/we) ("can"/will) eat"?
And couldn't 「・・・食べられる食事」 mean something more like:
"a meal that (I/you/we) (can/are able to) eat"?
Context is important, though, as well; I'd be scared if the food was the one who was doing the eating... ;)
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