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让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (make / let / ask someone do)
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Who decides?
- You want to go out tonight, but your parents have other ideas.
- mama妈妈not不made让me我evening晚上to go out出去。 — "Mum won't let me go out in the evening."
A + made让 / variant of 叫叫 / to ask请 + B + Verb
- A made让 B + Verb: A lets or makes B do something. A variant of 叫叫 B + Verb: A tells B to do it (spoken). A to ask请 B + Verb: A politely invites or asks B.
- The person B is both the object of made让 and the doer of the next verb.
the teacher老师made让us我们write写homework作业。
Complete: “My dad doesn't let me play games.” 爸爸不____我玩游戏。
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不让 + person + verb = not allow someone to do something.
Build: “This news made me very happy.”
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Cause + 让 + person + feeling.
Telling, inviting, causing
- Telling: mama妈妈variant of 叫叫me我to go去买菜。 — "Mum told me to go and buy vegetables."
- Inviting: me我want / think / miss想to ask请you你to have a meal吃饭。 — "I'd like to treat you to a meal." Causing a feeling: this这个news消息made让me我very很happy高兴。 — "This news made me very happy."
this这个news消息made让me我very很happy高兴。
You invite your teacher to dinner. Which verb is most polite? 我想__老师吃饭。
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请 is the polite “invite / treat”.
Order and negation
- Keep the order A + made让 + B + Verb: mama妈妈made让me我to go去, not mama妈妈made让to go去me我.
- Negate the first verb to refuse permission: not不made让me我to go去 = "won't let me go"; made让me我not不to go去 changes the meaning to "tell me not to go".
妈妈不让我去 and 妈妈让我不去 mean exactly the same.
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不让我去 refuses permission; 让我不去 tells me not to go. The focus differs.
makes使 for formal causes
- makes使 = "to cause, make", mainly in writing, with an abstract cause and a change of state: exercise运动makes使people人healthy健康。 — "Exercise makes people healthy."
- In speech, made让 covers most of this: exercise运动made让people人very很healthy健康.
exercise运动makes使people人healthy健康。
Recap
- A made让/variant of 叫叫/to ask请 B + Verb: made让 = let/make, variant of 叫叫 = tell (spoken), to ask请 = invite/ask politely.
- made让 + person + feeling = make someone feel; makes使 is the formal written "cause". Refuse with not不made让.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Verbs.
You want to go out tonight, but your parents have other ideas. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.