Lesson 69: 洗わせる・作らせられる

N4 · Lesson 69 · 18 min — "Make/have someone do" uses 〜せる/〜させる; "be forced to do" uses 〜させられる

Last lesson you learned the passive, "be done to". This lesson goes one step further. First you learn "make someone do" (causative). Then you combine it with the passive to say "be forced to do" (causative-passive). Start with the comic!

After this lesson, you can:

Dishwasher at くまや

Last lesson, Rin was praised by a customer at his snowy-day job. This weekend he helps at くまや, and Mr. Kuma speaks up... (皿さら = plate; 師匠ししょう = master; 店長てんちょう = shop manager, what everyone calls Mr. Kuma)

Make someone do: 〜せる/〜させる. Be forced: 〜させられる (Group 1: 〜される).

Words for this lesson: working at a ramen shop

Grammar 1 / 2: Make someone do

Causative 〜せる/〜させる: make/have someone do (can mean forcing or allowing)

Grammar 2 / 2: Be forced to do

Causative-passive 〜させられる: be forced to do (something you didn't want to do)