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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， 子供に野菜を食べさせる 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，書く→書かせる. But please note that there is an exception. When it is a verb that looks like xx-う，for example，会う，then you need to change う to わ，not あ，so it will be 会う→会わせる. Type-2 Verb：change the る in the end to させる. For example，食べる→食べさせる Type-3 Verb： change the する in the end toさせる. For example，勉強する→勉強させる Irregular Verb：check out the table below |
Examples:
| Example | Reading | Causative 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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When causative form usually use?
For Example， 子供に野菜を食べさせる means “Have children eat vegetables”.
What does it mean if I use Te- form here?
It will mean “order someone to do something”
So are they the same? For example, 買わせる and 買わせて？
彼は私に車を買わせるつもりがない：He doesn’t want me to buy a car.
私に車を買わせて：please let me buy a car!
The causative- passive form?
i mean: ーさせられる
Yeah! I will add it later.
させられる: [someone] is made to do [something]
Could this also be used to say: “to make someone do something?”
yes！