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In the sentence

> 男に突然声をかけられた  
>  駅までの道を知りたいらしい

I interpret this to mean "I yelled at the man so loud as if I wanted it to
reach all the way to the station"

Is my translation correct? Why is the potential form of かける used?
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grammar verbs conjugations
Usage of potential form of かける
It's not the potential form, it's the passive form (which takes the same
structure).

> I/he was suddenly approached by a man (called at) ....

On a different point, as the first half the sentence the second half should be
too. (The sentence is still otherwise somewhat unnatural though)

> 男に突然声をかけられた 駅までの道を知りた **かった** らしい
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