Tuesday, May 18, 2010

A link to learn causative forms

Causative and Passive Verbs (Special Expression)

Verbs conjugated into the causative form are used to indicate an action that someone makes happen. Like Captain Picard so succinctly puts it, the causative verb means to "make it so". This verb is usually used in the context of making somebody do something.

食べる 食べさせる
着る 着させる
信じる 信じさせる
寝る 寝させる
起きる 起きさせる
出る 出させる
掛ける 掛けさせる
捨てる 捨てさせる
調べる 調べさせる

source via guidetojapanese.org

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