怒られるのが怖くて嘘をつくのは、子供にありがちな行動です。 why did we use 怒られるのが as subject ?? what is the
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grammar passive-voice nominalization
怒られるのが sentence construction
Great question. 怒られる is the passive form of 怒る. This means it has the meaning
of 'to be told off'. のが is making it into a noun form, similar to the English
'being told off'. Hopefully you can figure out the gist of the sentence from
there; if not, I can help you with the rest of the sentence.
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> 【｛怒られる **の** ｝が怖くて嘘をつく **の** 】は、子供にありがちな行動です。
>
> 【Being afraid of｛being scolded} and (thus) telling a lie】 is a behavior that
> tends to be found in children.
>
> → Telling a lie for fear of being scolded is a behavior children tend to
> exhibit.

There are nested nominalized verbs, and the subject of the main clause is
everything inside `【】`.

  * **怒られるの** : being scolded (nominalized passive-form)
  * **Nが怖い** : "N is scary", "to be afraid of N". It's in te-form (怖くて) because this is working as a reason/cause for the following verb (嘘をつく).
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