让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (make / let / ask someone do)
One person asks another to act
- A teacher politely asks a visitor to come inside.
- 老师请他进来。 — The visitor is the person expected to enter.
One person asks another to act
- A teacher politely asks a visitor to come inside.
- teacher老师to ask请he / him他to come in进来。 — The visitor is the person expected to enter.
A teacher politely asks a visitor to come inside. What does 老师请他进来。 communicate?
The visitor is the person expected to enter. The person after 请 is also the understood subject of 进来. 让 can allow or cause, while 使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使我高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (make / let / ask someone do). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
mom妈妈let让me我learn学piano钢琴。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is to let / make让 / variant of 叫叫 / to ask请 / to make使 (make / let / ask someone do). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
mom妈妈let让me我learn学piano钢琴。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Mom makes me learn piano: 妈妈 ____ 我学钢琴。
让 + Person + Verb = make / let someone do: 妈妈让我学钢琴. · 让 + Persona + Verbo = hacer / dejar que alguien haga: 妈妈让我学钢琴.
Read examples in context
please请him他come in进来。
- In the opening example, 老师请他进来。: The visitor is the person expected to enter.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
please请him他come in进来。
- In the opening example, teacher老师to ask请he / him他to come in进来。: The visitor is the person expected to enter.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which pivot is the polite “please ask someone to …”? · ¿Cuál es el pivote para el "por favor, pida a alguien que…" cortés?
请他进来 = ask him to come in (polite); 叫 is more direct. · 请他进来 = pídale que entre (cortés); 叫 es más directo.
Build: “Mom makes me learn piano.” · Construya: “Mom makes me learn piano.”
Subj + 让 + Person + Predicate: 妈妈 + 让 + 我学钢琴. · Sujeto + 让 + Persona + Predicado: 妈妈 + 让 + 我学钢琴.
Know the boundary
- The person after 请 is also the understood subject of 进来.
- 让 can allow or cause, while 使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使我高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
Know the boundary
- The person after to ask请 is also the understood subject of to come in进来.
- to let / make让 can allow or cause, while to make使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使I / me我happy高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
In 妈妈让我学钢琴, 我 follows 学 and has no role as its subject.
我 follows 让 and precedes 学; 我 is the person who is caused or allowed to learn.
All four causative verbs have exactly the same tone and meaning.
The person after 请 is also the understood subject of 进来. 让 can allow or cause, while 使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使我高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context. The visitor is the person expected to enter.
Use the distinction
- The visitor is the person expected to enter.
- The person after 请 is also the understood subject of 进来. 让 can allow or cause, while 使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使我高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Verbs.
Use the distinction
- The visitor is the person expected to enter.
- The person after to ask请 is also the understood subject of to come in进来. to let / make让 can allow or cause, while to make使 can have a non-human cause, as in 这件事使I / me我happy高兴; these verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Verbs.