Difference between revisions of "Causative verb"

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A Causative verb is a verb that is used to indicate that someone/thing helps to make something happen.
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A causative verb is a kind of [[verb]] that is used to indicate that someone or something causes something else to do or be something. In Chinese, 让 (ràng) is a major player in this space.
  
 
==Characteristics==
 
==Characteristics==

Revision as of 06:06, 15 June 2017

Also known as: 使令动词 (shǐlìng dòngcí) and 使役动词 (shǐyì dòngcí).

A causative verb is a kind of verb that is used to indicate that someone or something causes something else to do or be something. In Chinese, 让 (ràng) is a major player in this space.

Characteristics

Notes

Types

Grammar Patterns for Adjectives

Sources and further reading