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让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (causative)
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The boss's request
- Your manager wants the report by Friday and tells you to inform the team.
- manager经理let让I / me我to notify通知everyone大家Friday星期五to hand over交to inform报告。 — "The manager asked me to tell everyone to hand in their reports on Friday."
A + let让 / told叫 / to ask请 / made使 + B + Verb
- let让 = let / make / ask; told叫 = tell (spoken); to ask请 = invite / ask politely; made使 = cause (written).
- B is the object of the first verb and the doer of the second: let让I / me我to notify通知.
the teacher老师told叫us我们a bit earlier早点儿come来。
Causing feelings and changes
- him他if (coming after a…的话let让I / me我degree / adjective linker很to move (sb)感动。 — "What he said moved me deeply."
- Written: this这个news消息made使everyone大家very非常surprised吃惊。 — "The news greatly surprised everyone."
this这个news消息made使everyone大家very非常surprised吃惊。
Complete: “His words moved me deeply.” 他的话____我很感动。
Độ khó 1/5 · 100 xu + một phần thưởng nhỏ cho lần hoàn thành đầu tiên trong ngày
让/使 + person + feeling.
Choosing the verb
- to ask请 is for polite invitations; to your teacher, to ask请you (polite)您… sounds right, told叫you (polite)您… sounds rude.
- made使 needs a cause and a change of state, usually in writing; do not use it for permission: mama妈妈let让I / me我to go去, not mama妈妈made使I / me我to go去.
You invite your professor to give a talk. Which verb fits? 我们想___王教授来做报告。
Độ khó 1/5 · 100 xu + một phần thưởng nhỏ cho lần hoàn thành đầu tiên trong ngày
请 is the polite invitation.
使 is the usual verb for giving permission in conversation.
Độ khó 1/5 · 100 xu + một phần thưởng nhỏ cho lần hoàn thành đầu tiên trong ngày
Permission is 让; 使 is formal and causes a change.
Negating the cause
- not不let让 / not / haven't没let让 = not allow / didn't ask: the doctor医生not不let让him他to drink (alcohol)喝酒 — "The doctor won't let him drink."
- let让…don't别… = tell someone not to: mama妈妈let让我别Taiwan pr.玩cell phone手机.
the doctor医生not不let让him他drink喝alcohol酒。
Build: “The doctor won't let him drink.”
Độ khó 3/5 · 200 xu + một phần thưởng nhỏ cho lần hoàn thành đầu tiên trong ngày
A + 不让 + B + verb.
Recap
- A let让/told叫/to ask请/made使 B + Verb: let/make, tell, invite, cause (written).
- to ask请 is polite; made使 is formal and causes a change; not不let让 = not allow.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verbs.
Your manager wants the report by Friday and tells you to inform the team. 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.