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I am aware that "言われる" means "to be told". My impression would be that
"私に言われても" means "Even if I told you..." while "私が言われても" means "Even if I am
told...".

But [this site answer](http://eikaiwa-phrase.com/2802.html) seems to suggest
that another interpretation of "私に言われても" is "Even if I am told..."

Is that a correct interpretation, and, if possible to explain, why?
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grammar particle-に passive-voice ambiguity
私に言われても versus 私が言われても
私 **に** 言われても is Suffering Passive (迷惑の受身), a kind of Indirect Passive
Structure (間接受身構文), and 私 **が** 言われても is Direct Passive Structure (直接受身構文).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."  
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."  
→ Indirect Passive: 「（私が）（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in
some way)." This means "You do the action 私 **に** 言う (you tell me) and it
affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." *The に marks the indirect object of
言う.

So... yes, that is a correct interpretation, and 「私 **に** 言われても（困る）...」 is
actually far more natural and more common than 「私 **が** 言われても...」 for saying
"Even if I'm told / Even if you tell me (I can't do anything)..."

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to:

  * [How to interpret indirect passives?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15933/9831)
  * [直接受身・間接受身・持ち主の受身の文法](http://www.tomojuku.com/blog/passive/passive-4/)
  * [Wikipedia 間接受身ー迷惑の受身](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%97%E5%8B%95%E6%85%8B#.E9.96.93.E6.8E.A5.E5.8F.97.E8.BA.AB)
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