ninjin wa sonomama de mo taberareru keredo, watashi wa tamanegi to issho ni itameta hou ga suki da.

そのまま means as it is, just like that, or without doing anything to it.

In this sentence, そのままでも食べられる means:

• can be eaten as is
• can be eaten without cooking it first
• for a carrot, very naturally, can be eaten raw

A useful breakdown is:

• そのまま = as it is
• で = in that state
• も = even / also

So そのままでも gives the nuance of even in that state or even without changing it.

The は marks にんじん as the topic.

So the sentence starts by setting up the topic:

• As for carrots, ...

That does not necessarily mean the carrot is the grammatical subject of the whole sentence in the English sense. It just means the speaker is talking about carrots first, then giving a contrast later.

This は also helps set up the contrast with the second half:

• にんじんは ... けれど
• 私は ...

So the overall feeling is something like:

• As for carrots, they can be eaten as is, but as for me, I prefer them fried together with onions.

Here, 食べられる is the potential form, meaning can eat / can be eaten.

So:

• 食べる = to eat
• 食べられる = can eat / is edible / can be eaten

In this sentence, the meaning is clearly potential, not passive:

• にんじんはそのままでも食べられる
• Carrots can be eaten as is

A passive reading like carrots are eaten would not fit the context nearly as well.

No. Here, でも is not the conjunction meaning but.

It is:

• で
  • も

attached to そのまま.

So:

• そのままで = in that state / as is
• そのままでも = even in that state / even as is

This is different from sentence-initial でも, which can mean but or however.

So in this sentence:

• そのままでも = even raw / even without cooking it
• the actual but idea comes later from けれど

けれど means but, although, or though.

It connects the two ideas:

• Carrots can be eaten as is, but...
• I like them better stir-fried with onions.

Compared with a very direct English but, けれど often feels a little softer and more natural in Japanese.

It is a very common way to show contrast between two statements.

Yes, it could be omitted.

Japanese often leaves out pronouns when they are obvious from context. So a very natural version would be:

• にんじんはそのままでも食べられるけれど、玉ねぎと一緒に炒めたほうが好きだ。

However, 私は is included here to make the contrast clearer:

• Carrots can be eaten as is, but I personally prefer...

So 私は adds emphasis to the speaker's own preference.

玉ねぎと一緒に means together with onions.

Breakdown:

• 玉ねぎ = onion
• と = with
• 一緒 = together
• に = used adverbially here, making it modify the verb

So the phrase describes how the carrots are cooked:

• 玉ねぎと一緒に炒めた
• fried together with onions

You can think of 一緒に as a set phrase meaning together.

Examples:

• 友だちと一緒に行く = go together with a friend
• 野菜を肉と一緒に煮る = simmer vegetables together with meat

Because V-たほうが好き is a common pattern for expressing preference.

Here:

• 炒めたほうが好き = I prefer it fried
• more literally: the fried way is what I like more

This pattern compares one option with another, even if the other option is only implied.

In this sentence, the implied comparison is:

• eating carrots as is vs.
• eating carrots fried with onions

So 炒めたほうが好き means I like the fried version better.

ほう literally means side, direction, or way. In grammar like this, it often means the option or the one.

So:

• 炒めたほう = the fried one / the option of frying it
• 炒めたほうが好き = I like the fried one better

This construction is often used when comparing two choices:

• 歩くほうが好き = I prefer walking
• 犬のほうが好き = I like dogs better
• こっちのほうがいい = this one is better

In your sentence, ほう points to one option among possible ways of eating carrots.

In Aほうが好き, the が marks the thing that is liked.

So:

• 炒めたほうが好きだ
• The fried way is what I like

This may feel a little strange to English speakers because English says I like X, where I is the subject. But Japanese often structures 好き differently:

• 私は X が好きだ
• As for me, X is liked / I like X

So here:

• 私は = as for me
• 炒めたほうが = the fried option
• 好きだ = is liked / is preferable

A fairly literal breakdown is:

• にんじんは = as for carrots
• そのままでも = even as they are / even raw
• 食べられる = can be eaten
• けれど = but
• 私は = as for me
• 玉ねぎと一緒に = together with onions
• 炒めた = fried
• ほうが = the option/way ... is
• 好きだ = liked / preferred

So a more literal English gloss would be:

• As for carrots, they can be eaten as is, but as for me, I like the version fried together with onions.

That is why the natural English translation usually becomes something like:

• Carrots can be eaten raw, but I prefer them fried with onions.

This sentence is written in plain style:

• 食べられる
• 好きだ

rather than polite style:

• 食べられます
• 好きです

Plain style is very common in:

• casual conversation
• internal thoughts
• stories
• example sentences
• dictionary-style explanations

A polite version would be:

• にんじんはそのままでも食べられますけれど、私は玉ねぎと一緒に炒めたほうが好きです。

The meaning stays the same; only the level of politeness changes.

It can be understood as either, depending on context.

Japanese nouns usually do not mark singular/plural the way English does. So にんじん can mean:

• a carrot
• carrots

In this sentence, English would usually translate it as carrots because the statement is general:

• Carrots can be eaten raw...

But the Japanese itself does not force singular or plural.

Yes. The object is understood from context.

After the first clause introduces にんじん, the second clause does not need to repeat にんじんを. Japanese often omits things that are already clear.

So the second half is understood as:

• 私は、にんじんを玉ねぎと一緒に炒めたほうが好きだ。

But saying it that fully would often sound heavier than necessary.

This kind of omission is very normal in Japanese.