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  3. Causative verbs — making someone or something do it

Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급

사동 -이/히/리/기/우-

Causative verbs — making someone or something do it

Taught in Level 3, Unit 11: The window was left open

the passive says what happens TO something. Its mirror image is making it happen: feed, dress, give a ride, make laugh, dry. Line 8 of the scene already used one — 말려 드릴까요 — and you use these every day with children, pets and clothes.

Example

  • 엄마가 아기에게 우유를 먹여요.

    The mother feeds milk to the baby.

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