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Revision as of 02:39, 21 November 2011
Causative verbs are verbs that cause people to do things, surprisingly enough. In English, these are verbs like "make", "have" and "get".
The most common causative in Chinese are:
- 让
- 叫
- 使
- 请
The structure is:
Subject + Causative verb + Noun + Verb + Object
Some examples:
- 他 让 儿子 看 书。
- 这 部 电影 让 人 很 感动。
- 她 退学 的 事情 使 她 父母 非常 失望。
- 就 这么 点儿 工资！ 你 叫 我 怎么 活？
- 我 请 他 过来 帮 我 修 电脑。
