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Confusion between causatives and intransitive-transitive
I read the answer to this question
How different is 冷やかす from 冷やす? And 散らかす from 散らす?
but somehow wasn't satisfied.
What's the difference between the 2 causative forms ～す and ～せる, e.g. 待たす and ...
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How does うんざり work in the Present Indicative, Causative, Passive, and Causative-passive tenses
Consider the following:
そいつはひどく鼻持ちならないやつで、私をすっかりうんざりさせる。(That guy is so obnoxious that he really turns me off.)
あなたをうんざりさせるものは何ですか？(What turns you off?)
痛み以上に私をうんざりさせるものはない。(Nothing turns ...
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When the agent takes を in the causative form
I've seen a few sets of terminology when referring to the causative form, so for the basic case, I will use the following:
instigator が agent に 〇〇 を ｖ－させる。
In its most basic, text-book form, we have ...
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Dictionary entry and derived forms, were they equal at some point?
I will first state the dictionary entry, and then other formations that also yield the dictionary entry.
Consider the following :
思える - to seem/appear,
potential form of 思う - can think
合わせる - ...
