Causative Constructions

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SwedishKausativa Konstruktioner
B2Expressing that someone causes something: 'få någon att' (get someone to), 'låta någon' (let someone), 'be någon att' (ask someone to).
DanishKausative Konstruktioner
B2Expressing that someone causes something: 'få nogen til at' (get someone to), 'lade nogen' (let someone), 'bede nogen om at' (ask someone to).
NorwegianKausative Konstruksjoner
B2Expressing cause: 'få noen til å' (get someone to), 'la noen' (let someone), 'be noen om å' (ask someone to).
GreekΑιτιατολογικές Κατασκευές
B2Expressing causation: βάζω κάποιον να (make someone), κάνω κάποιον να (cause someone to), αφήνω να (let). No morphological causative.
Thaiการทำให้
B1Causative with ให้ [hâi]: ทำให้ (make/cause), บอกให้ (tell to), ขอให้ (request to). Also permission: ให้...ได้.
Persianفعل سببی
B2Causative formed with -اندن (-āndan) suffix or compound verbs: خواباندن khābāndan (to put to sleep, from خوابیدن to sleep). Also periphrastic: کاری کردن که (to cause that).
BasqueAditz Kausatiboak
C1Causative forms using -arazi suffix: ikusi → ikusarazi (make see/show), jan → janarazi (make eat/feed). These add an extra argument to the verb's agreement pattern.
Cantonese使役結構
B2Expressing causation: 令 ling6 (formal: cause/make), 搞到 gaau2 dou3 (colloquial: end up causing), 俾 bei2 (let/allow). The causee + verb pattern shows what was caused to happen.
CatalanConstruccions Causatives
B2Using fer + infinitive to express causing or making someone do something: fer cantar (to make sing), fer venir (to send for), deixar + infinitive (to let), and making someone have something done.

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