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level: Causative and passive verbs

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level questions: Causative and passive verbs

Question	Answer
Type of verb that causes something to happen either by making or letting somebody do the action.	Causative Verb Form
Alice: Honestly, I'm starting to not understand it either. Why don’t (you) stop thinking about stupid Japanese?	アリス：正直、私も分からなくなってきちゃった。バカな日本語を考えるのをやめたら？
causative form For ru-verbs	Replace the last 「る」 with 「させる」
causative form For u-verbs	Change the last character as you would for negative verbs but attach 「せる」 instead of 「ない」
make/let something to eat	食べさせる
make/let something out	出させる
make/let something to drink	飲ませる
make/let something to wait	持たせる
make/let something to buy	買わせる
make/let something to do	させる
make/let something to come	こさせる
Let me do it too.	私にもやらせてよ。
Don’t make me surprised. (Don’t scare me.)	びっくりさせないでよ。
むりやり - forcibly	無理矢理
(It’s) not good to forcibly make (someone) drink alcohol, huh?	無理矢理にお酒を飲ませるのはよくないよな。
(You’re) were already here? Sorry (I) made (you) wait.	もう来ていましたか。待たせてごめんなさい。
Type of verb used to say “[action] is done to [object],” rather than “to do [action] to [object].	Passive Verb Form
passive form For ru-verbs	Replace the last 「る」 with 「られる」
passive form For u-verbs	Change the last character as you would for negative verbs but attach 「れる」 instead of 「ない」
Be eaten by something	食べられる
to be able to get out (by something)	出られる
Be drunk by something	飲まれる
to be waited by something	持たれる
to be bought by something	買われる
to be done by something	される
to be able to come (by something)	こられる
to be exposed	ばれる
If (my) older sister finds out, (I) don’t know what will be done (to me).	姉にばれたら何をされるか分からないよ。
(I) don’t want to be thought of as (a) strange person.	変な人だと思われたくない。
さき - a while ago	先
Doesn’t it feel like (we’re) being watch by someone from just a while ago?	先から誰かに見られている気がしない？
Even if I’m told, “Don’t go”, (it’s a) promise so (I) have to go, you know.	行かないでと言われても約束だから行かないとだめだよ。
Using Causative and Passive together	can be used together to describe being made to do something
Being made to wait	待たせられる
Don’t (you) hate being made to wait?	待たせられるのは、嫌いでしょう？
Was made to eat	食べさせられた
As a child, (I) was made to eat various things so (I) don’t have a lot of likes/dislikes.	子供の時に、色々な物を食べさせられたから、好き嫌いは、あまりないよ。
Was made to do	させられた
けっ·きょく - in the end	結局
benefit	ため
(You) say (you) were made to do (it) but in the end, (it) was for your benefit, right?	させられたと言うけど、結局、それはあんたのためだったんでしょう？
【ぶん・ぽう】 – grammar	文法
romantic	ロマンチック
something	なんか
sexual harassment	セクハラ
【えむ】 – slang for masochist	M
【しょう・じき】 – honesty; honestly	正直
John: Don’t get this homework at all. Can (you) teach (me) an example sentence (that) uses させる grammar?	ジョン：この宿題、全然わからない。「させる」という文法を使った例文を教えて。
Alice: Ok, how about this? Let me be together with you forever. Romantic, isn’t it?	アリス：じゃ、これはどう？「ずっと一緒にいさせて」。ロマンチックでしょう？
John: Ok, what about “I was made to be together with you forever”?	ジョン：じゃ、「ずっと一緒にいさせられた」は？
Alice: Sounds like (you’re) being sexually harassed.	アリス：なんかセクハラされたっぽいね。
John: Ok then, what about “Please let me be made to be with you forever”?!	ジョン：それじゃ、「ずっと一緒にいさせられてくれ」は？？
Alice: (It’s) turning out like something masochist.	アリス：なんかMっぽくなっちゃったね。
John: Ok ok, what about “She won’t let me be made to be with her forever”??!	ジョン：じゃじゃ、「ずっと一緒にいさせされてくれさせない」は？？！