让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (causative)
Follow who experiences the resulting state
- A kind action makes you feel moved.
- 这件事使我很感动。 — The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
Follow who experiences the resulting state
- A kind action makes you feel moved.
- 这件事使I / me我very很to move (sb)感动。 — The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
A kind action makes you feel moved. What does 这件事使我很感动。 communicate?
The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved. 使 is formal and 让 often works in ordinary speech. 请 asks and 让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (causative). 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.
this这(measure word)件matter事make使me我very很moved感动。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is to let / make让 / variant of 叫叫 / to ask请 / to make使 (causative). 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.
this这(measure word)件matter事make使me我very很moved感动。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: This moved me deeply: 这件事 ____ 我很感动。
Both 使我很感动 and 让我很感动 are natural; 使 has a more formal preference.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 这件事使我很感动。: The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 这件事使I / me我very很to move (sb)感动。: The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which is the formal one, common with feelings?
使 = formal / written (often emotions); 让 = everyday.
Know the boundary
- 使 is formal and 让 often works in ordinary speech.
- 请 asks and 让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable.
Know the boundary
- to make使 is formal and to let / make让 often works in ordinary speech.
- to ask请 asks and to let / make让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable.
The person sits between the causative verb and the next predicate.
Yes — Subj + 使 / 让 + Person + Predicate.
In the opening situation: The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
使 is formal and 让 often works in ordinary speech. 请 asks and 让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable. The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
Use the distinction
- The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
- 使 is formal and 让 often works in ordinary speech. 请 asks and 让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.
Use the distinction
- The action causes the speaker's feeling of being moved.
- to make使 is formal and to let / make让 often works in ordinary speech. to ask请 asks and to let / make让 can permit, so all four causative-looking verbs are not freely interchangeable.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.