18.1.3 使役: V(さ)せます [Make (someone) do do V]

…… その人はほんとうは …… おばけだったのです …… 。

…That person was actually…a ghost.

那個人其實是個鬼……。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
その人は	sono-hito-wa	subject	that person (topic marker)
ほんとうは	honto—wa	modifiers	actually
おばけだったのです	obake-da-t-ta-no-desu	predicate	was a ghost.

Eek, it’s scary…

啊——好可怕……。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
キャーッ	kya-	-	-
こわーい	ko-wa-i	modifiers	scary

Jim told ghost stories and scared the children.

吉姆講了鬼故事，嚇壞了孩子們。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ジムは	jimu-wa	subject	Jim (topic marker)
おばけの	obake-no	modifiers	of ghosts
話を	hanashi o	particles	about the story
して、	shi-te-、	verb conjugations	did and
子どもたちを	kodomo-tachi-wo	subject	children (object marker)
こわがらせました。	kowagara-se-mashi-ta-。	predicate	scared.

Mr. Yoshio says funny things with a serious face and makes everyone laugh.

吉男先生以認真的表情說出有趣的事情，讓大家笑個不停。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
よしおさんは	yoshi-osan-wa	subject	Yoshio-san (topic marker)
まじめな	majime-na	modifiers	serious
顔で	kao-de	modifiers	with a face
おもしろいことを	omoshiroi-koto-wo	subject	funny things (object marker)
言って、	i-t-te-、	verb conjugations	saying,
みんなを	min’na-wo	subject	everyone (object marker)
わらわせます。	warawase-masu-。	predicate	makes laugh.

Megumi, who said she wanted to study medicine, enrolled in a design school.

梅園曾表示想要學習藥物，結果卻進入了設計學校。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
薬の	kusuri-no	modifiers	of medicine
勉強を	benkyo—wo	modifiers	studying
したい	shi-tai	predicate	want to do
と	to	particles	if
言っていた	i-t-te-i-ta	verb conjugations	was saying
めぐみさんが	megumi-san-ga	subject	Megumi (subject marker)
デザインの	dezain-no	modifiers	of design
学校に	gakko—ni	modifiers	to school
入学して	nyu-gaku-shi-te	verb conjugations	entered

surprised friends.

讓朋友驚訝。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
友だちを	tomodachi-wo	subject	friend (object marker)
びっくりさせました。	bikkuri-sa-se-mashi-ta-。	predicate	surprised.

Mom, there’s something I want…

媽媽，我有想要的東西……。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
お母さん	oka-san	subject	mother
ほしいものが	hoshii-mono-ga	subject	things that I want
あるんだけど	aru-n-da-kedo	predicate	there is, but

Another expensive thing? Please try not to trouble your mother too much.

又一個昂貴的東西？不要給媽媽添麻煩。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
また	mata	modifiers	also
高いもの	takai-mono	subject	expensive things
あまり	amari	modifiers	not much
お母さんを	okaasan wo	particles	mother (object marker)
困らせないでね	komara-se-nai-de-ne	verb conjugations	don’t trouble

Tarō, who always made his parents and teachers cry, is now a parent of three children.

太郎曾經總是讓父母和老師哭泣，現在他是三個孩子的父親。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
いつも	itsumo	modifiers	always
親や	oya-ya	modifiers	parents and
先生を	sensei-wo	subject	parents and teachers (object marker)
泣かせていた	nakase-te-i-ta	verb conjugations	used to make cry
太郎は	taro—wa	subject	Taro (topic marker)
今は	ima-wa	modifiers	now
3人の	san nin no	modifiers	three
子の	ko-no	modifiers	children’s
親です。	oya-desu-。	predicate	is a parent.