18.1.1 使役: V(さ)せます [make … do V]

先生は子どもたちに教室の本をきれいに並べさせました。

The teacher had the children neatly arrange the books in the classroom.

老師讓孩子們把教室的書整齊擺放。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生は	sensei-wa	subject	teacher (topic marker)
子どもたちに	kodomo-tachi-ni	modifiers	to the children
教室の	kyo-shitsu-no	modifiers	of the classroom
本を	hon-wo	subject	books (object marker)
きれいに	kirei-ni	modifiers	neatly
並べさせました	narabe-sase-mashi-ta	verb conjugations	made (someone) line up

The teacher makes the children write 20 kanji characters every day.

老師每天讓孩子們寫20個漢字。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生は	sensei-wa	subject	teacher (topic marker)
毎日	mainichi	modifiers	every day
子どもたちに	kodomo-tachi ni	particles	to the children
漢字を	kanji-wo	subject	kanji (object marker)
20字書かせます	niju moji kakasemasu	verb conjugations	makes write 20 characters

I made the children who were watching TV until late at night turn off the TV.

父親讓孩子們把電視關掉，因為他們看電視看到很晚。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
お父さんは	oto-san-wa	subject	Father (topic marker)
夜遅くまで	yoru-osoku-made	modifiers	until late at night
テレビを	terebi o	particles	TV (object marker)
見ている	mi-te-iru	verb conjugations	watching
字どもに	ji-domo-ni	modifiers	to the children
テレビを	terebi o	particles	TV (object marker)
消させました。	kesa-se-mashi-ta-。	predicate	made turn off.

There is a lot of work, so,

工作很多，所以

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
仕事が	shigoto ga	subject	work (subject marker)
たくさんあるので、	takusan aru node,	-	because there is a lot of work,

The president made the employees come to the company even on Sundays.

社長讓員工星期天也來公司。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
社長は	shacho—wa	subject	The president (topic marker)
社員を	shain-wo	modifiers	employees (object marker)
日曜日も	nichiyo-bi-mo	modifiers	even on Sundays
会社に	kaisha-ni	modifiers	to the company
来させました	kitasa-se-mashi-ta	predicate	made come

Because the child does not play outside much,

孩子們不太在外面玩耍，所以

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
子どもが	kodomo ga	subject	the child (subject marker)
あまり	amari	-	not much
外で	soto de	modifiers	outside
あそばないので、	asobanai node,	-	because doesn’t play,

The parent had their child attend a baseball club.

父母讓孩子參加棒球俱樂部。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
親は	oya-wa	subject	parents (topic marker)
子どもを	kodomo-wo	modifiers	child (object marker)
野球クラブに	yakyu—kurabu-ni	modifiers	to the baseball club
通わせました。	kayowa-se-mashi-ta-。	predicate	made (past tense) attend.

The teacher made the children run on the sports field.

老師讓孩子們在運動場跑步。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生は	sensei-wa	subject	The teacher (topic marker)
子どもたちに	kodomo-tachi-ni	modifiers	to the children
運動場を	undo—jo—wo	modifiers	the playground (direct object marker)
走らせました	hashira-se-mashi-ta	predicate	made run

The president made the employees write a report.

總裁讓員工寫報告。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
社長は	shacho—wa	subject	The president (topic marker)
社員に	shain-ni	modifiers	to the employees
レポートを	repo-to-wo	modifiers	report (object marker)
書かせました。	kaka-se-mashi-ta-。	verb conjugations	made write.

My mother took the child to the dentist.

媽媽帶孩子去看牙醫了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
お母さんは	oka-san-wa	subject	mother (topic marker)
子どもを	kodomo-wo	subject	child (object marker)
歯医者へ	haisha-e	modifiers	to the dentist
行かせました。	ika-se-mashi-ta-。	verb conjugation	made go

I was introduced to a good sports class by my senior.

我得到了前輩介紹一個好的體育課程。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしは	watashi-wa	subject	I (topic marker)
先輩に	senpai-ni	modifiers	to senior
いいスポーツ教室を	ii-supo-tsu-kyo-shitsu-wo	modifiers	good sports class (direct object marker)
紹介してもらいました。	sho-kai-shi-te-morai-mashi-ta-。	predicate	was introduced (to me)

It is better to have children walk inside the platform.

讓孩子走在月台內側更好。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
子どもに	kodomo-ni	modifiers	to/for the child
ホームの内側を	ho-mu-no-uchigawa-wo	predicate	inside the platform
歩かせた	aruka-se-ta	verb conjugation	made walk
ほうがいい	ho—ga-ii	predicate	better to