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Verb Course

Lesson 12: Causative Form

In this lesson,I will teach you how to convert Japanese verbs to Causative Form.


What Does Causative Form Mean?

Causative Form in Japanese means “have somebody do something”.

For Example,

どもさいべさせる means “Have children eat vegetables”.

How to convert Japanese Verbs to Causative Form?

Type-1 Verb:change the u-hiragana to a-hiragana and add せる in the end.
For example,く→かせる.
But please note that there is an exception. When it is a verb that looks like xx-う,for example,う,then you need to change う to わ,not あ,so it will be う→わせる.

Type-2 Verb:change the る in the end to させる.
For example,べる→べさせる

Type-3 Verb: change the する in the end toさせる.
For example,べんきょうする→べんきょうさせる

Irregular Verb:check out the table below

Examples:

ExampleReadingCausative Form
会うあう会わせる
行くいく行かせる
嗅ぐかぐ嗅がせる
押すおす押させる
打つうつ打たせる
死ぬしぬ死なせる
呼ぶよぶ呼ばせる
飲むのむ飲ませる
やるやるやらせる
食べるたべる食べさせる
勉強するべんきょうする勉強させる
するするさせる
来るくる来(こ)させる
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