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3課 受身・使役・使役受身
Passive / commanded / dictated — to be, to be, to be caught, to be allowed
3課

〜(さ)せる(使役)

接続:自動詞: (人)を V使役形/他動詞: (人)に Nを V使役形
① Compulsory: force someone to do something. ② Allow: let someone do it.
注意 / Note:Auxiliaries vary depending on the type of verb: auto verbs use を(子どもを行かせる), interverbs use に(子どもに本を読ませる). Only use from top to bottom.
比較 / Compare:(強制)野菜を食べさせた(force to eat)/(許可)好きなものを食べさせた(feed whatever you like).
よく出る形 / Common form:(人)を+自動詞使役/(人)に+Nを+他動詞使役。
母は子供を公園で遊ばせました。
Mom let me play in the park.
先生は学生に作文を書かせました。
The teacher forced the students to write an essay.
父は妹を一人で行かせなかった。
Dad wouldn't let his sister go alone.

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