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  1. Active, pasive and causative make | WordReference Forums

    May 16, 2013 · Dear Olivagale, I can't really get why or how you want to compare constructions that are completely different. I think that trying to make a parallelism among them can be misleading. I mean, …

  2. causative verb "make" | WordReference Forums

    Oct 28, 2009 · Hello, there: When I learn the causative verb, I often see the sentence structure. "S+causative+O+pp." For example: 1.I got my car washed and waxed at the new service station. …

  3. Persian: Causative verbs - WordReference Forums

    Jun 13, 2013 · For causative notion of oftādan, we use other verbs like andāxtan, part kardan (to throw) and rahā kardan (to release), depending how active or strong the causation is. Another structure is to …

  4. Russian causative - WordReference Forums

    Mar 22, 2011 · What's the russian construction for causative verbs? (If there is a general one like in english "to make/have +person+ verb")

  5. Causative in Hebrew - WordReference Forums

    Nov 25, 2010 · שלום כולם I'd like to ask a question related to causative forms in hebrew. I know that binyan Hif'il is used to make verbs have causative meaning however at the same time, some verbs …

  6. have/get something done / causatives | WordReference Forums

    Apr 11, 2016 · Is this the same as causatives? or is it something else? The structure of have something done (well, the name says it) I had my car fixed (subject+ have/get+ object+ past participle) Example: …

  7. have/get +participle - causative | WordReference Forums

    Feb 2, 2009 · Here are the three uses of causative have/get. We use causative when arranging for someone to do something for us. They had their car repaired. (They arranged for someone to repair …

  8. Perfect continuous in causative sentences - WordReference Forums

    Jan 30, 2022 · Can I ask why causative sentence isn’t usually used in perfect continuos tenses?

  9. Causative -en (-yan) suffix ending in historical English

    May 17, 2010 · In Old English, causative verbs could be formed by adding the suffix -yan to adjectives. The modern verb redden meaning " to cause to be or make red " is a carryover from the time when …

  10. Causative pattern have + object + infinitive - WordReference Forums

    Oct 11, 2020 · We use have+ object + infinitive to talk about asking or causing someone to do something. Please consider my these two sentences in that sense. a. Mr. Smith has me fix the issue …