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頼まれたんだ

I was asked

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I was asked A casual explanatory form of “I was asked”; who asked and who was asked are understood from context.
JA: 友達に駅まで送ってくれと頼まれたんだ。
EN: A friend asked me to give them a ride to the station.

そうしてくれと頼まれたんだ

I was asked to do that.

— レザボア・ドッグス (1992)

子供は僕が先に頼まれたんだ

I was asked first to take care of the child.

— 大人は判ってくれない (1959)

彼らにこの本、フランス語に訳してくれって頼まれたんだ。

They asked me to translate this book into French.

外国人にここの案内を頼まれたんだ

A foreigner asked me to show them around here.

— 灼熱の魂 (2010)

友達からハガキを送ってくれって頼まれたんだ。

A friend asked me to send them a postcard.