Difference between revisions of "Causative verbs"
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Revision as of 04:30, 5 February 2012
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。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (pp. 120-1) →buy
