CAUSATIVE

Causatives

These are sentences in which the subject makes another person take charge of doing something,

either because they are paid, asked for, convinced or forced. Verbs:

LET

Permitir que ocurra algo LET + PERSON/THING + VERB (Infinitive or Participle)

• Let me know when you finish

• Can you please let me get in?

MAKE

Forzar o pedir que alguien haga algo LET + PERSON/THING + VERB (Infinitive or Participle)

• His parents made him pay for it.

• My brother made me watch every episode of his favorite show.

HAVE

Dar a alguien la responsabilidad de hacer algo HAVE+ PERSON/THING +VERB (Infinitive or

Participle)

• I’ll have my assistant call you to reschedule the appointment.

• I’m going to have my hair cut tomorrow.

GET

Convencer o empoderar a alguien para hacer algo GET + PERSON/THING + To VERB (Infinitive)

• I can never get my sister to wash the dishes!

• How can we get all the employees to arrive on time?

Passive Causative

The "passive causative" is nothing more than the use of causative verbs in the passive form. They

are two complex grammatical structures.

We use the structure to have + object + past participle when we say that someone is in charge of

doing something without specifying who performs this action.

The use of the most informal forms of this structure is very common.

For example, to say I cut my hair, one of the most common phrases is "I got my hair cut."

The more complex or formal forms, such as "I had my temperature taken by the nurse" have much

more limited use, often seen only in very formal contexts or in literary texts.

So if it still doesn't come easily, stick to the most basic form. It is probably the one you use the

most.