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Is this "being able to" or "passive" られる here?

> 僕も楽しみに待っていられるようなものが何かなくちゃ…

I think the part that i struggle the most with, is

> 楽しみに待っていられる

Don't they have the same meaning? "looking forward to"?

I understand so far : "I, also, to be able to look forward i have to have
something to do to look forward" ??

with "何かなくちゃ" meaning : " to have something i have to do"?

But i'm afraid i'm making a mistake here, is he trying to say that he "Need
something to look forward to" ? but by "doing something"?

Thanks in advance !
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Question about this sentence , -られる and なくちゃ
> 「僕{ぼく}も楽{たの}しみに待{ま}っていられるようなものが何{なに}かなくちゃ…」

In this context, 「待っていられる」 is the potential form of 「待っている」, so it means " **
_to be able to wait_** ".

It is **not** the passive voice form here even though that form is also
「待っていられる」.

> with "何かなくちゃ" meaning : " to have something i have to do"?

Nope. I think you are thinking of 「何か **し** なくちゃ」.

「何かなくちゃ…」 in this sentence means along the lines:

「何かなくちゃ **おもしろくない** 」、「何かなくちゃ **つまらない** 」, etc.

In other words, a word or two (that essentially mean " ** _no good_** ") are
left unsaid at the end. **_The ellipsis is the hint_**.

Thus, the sentence would mean:

> "It would be no fun/no good/boring if I didn't have something I could be
> looking forward to."

↓

> "I've got to have something I can be looking forward to doing/having, etc."
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