Causative Form Basics
Learn the causative form to express making someone do something or letting someone do something.
How to form the causative
For godan verbs, change the final う-row sound to the あ-row and add せる. For ichidan verbs, replace る with させる. する becomes させる, and 来る becomes 来させる. The causative means making someone do something or letting someone do something.
書く → 書かせる
write → make/let someone write
食べる → 食べさせる
eat → make/let someone eat
する → させる
do → make/let someone do
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