Causatives Have, Get, Make, Let, Help

• Hey you, today’s lesson is about these verbs,

get, make, have,

let, help,

some other ones, the list is quite long,

and I can’t remember all of them.

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When someone does something,

like order pizza!

Why did he order pizza?

Because of you,

you are the cause of this.

And when you cause something,

maybe because you asked, maybe by persuasion,

or maybe you forced the person,

like with that power in Star Wars,

with a lightning that comes out the fingers.

No, no, I can’t do Star Wars,

Nope, Disney, if you’re watching,

please don’t sue me for copyright.

But anyway, when you cause something,

we use a causative verb to describe it, genius.

Okay first, you cause something by strength,

you don’t give that person an option,

they don’t have a choice, they have to do it.

A strong verb to use, is force.

Like in Star Wars, when they do that,

(groans)

“You will do this thing, you don’t have a choice.”

It’s like that.

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You should give me your hair.

• What?

• I think you should shave off your hair,

and give it to me.

• No. (laughs)

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(groaning)

• Give me it!

• Aly no, no, no, no!

• Give me it. - No Aly, no, no.

(shaving machine buzzling)

• In that situation, I forced him to shave his hair.

I can also use the verbs,

have, get, and make.

I forced him to shave his hair,

I got him to shave his hair,

I made him shave his hair,

I had him shave his hair.

They all in this context, mean the same thing,

but just remember, some causative verbs have to

and some don’t.

And, and remember that, the causative verb

will change with the time, with the tense,

if you need an -ing, the causative verb changes.

This one doesn’t.

But anyway, back to pizza.

I’m pretty hungry, are you hungry?

• Yeah, I could eat.

• I could eat pizza, I think one of us should order pizza.

• Okay.

Do you want me to–

• Yeah, you should order it, yeah, thanks.

Thanks man, yeah.

You should put everything on it.

• Everything?

• Okay.

Hello?

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What happened?

I can say this.

I made him order pizza.

Or I got him to order pizza.

• Everything yeah, and maybe some garlic bread as well.

• I can also say, I had him order pizza.

But this situation, that didn’t feel like a force,

that didn’t feel pressured,

there was no obligation there,

but definitely, definitely, I was in control

of the decision, right?

So that is basically the meaning,

of these three causative verbs.

I am in control of the decision,

or of what happens.

But in that last situation, where I said,

I got Tom to shave his head,

yes, I was in control of that situation,

so those three verbs are good.

But, there was also no choice.

I pressured him, I forced him.

That’s why we use the verb force,

for that extra strength.

Another example, if you change someone’s mind like,

Hey, do you wanna go to the pub?

No.

I’ll buy the drinks.

Okay.

In this case, I want to say I changed his mind,

I persuaded him, influenced him,

convinced him to do something.

So I can use that causative verb persuade.

I persuaded him to go.

And again, we can use other causative verbs,

things to notice.

Number one, remember that some verbs,

have to verb, some verbs don’t.

Second thing, this verb takes the time,

it takes the change intense.

Third thing, when you say I got someone to do something,

the feeling is that you persuaded them.

So there’s more of that feeling,

it’s more that you pushed them to do something,

you persuaded them in some way.

And maybe you notice, the verb have, is missing here.

The verb have, needs its own video,

so I will cover all of the things

about have, in another video.

But for now, here’s another example with these verbs.

You should wear this.

• No, you’re all right.

• No, I think you’ll look really handsome in it.

• No, no, I’m okay.

• You will wear it.

• Okay, I’ll wear it.

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• I got him to wear it,

I persuaded him to wear it.

Now, when you want to assist someone,

to help them do something.

For example, maybe I offer support to my friend

in a difficult time.

• Oh man, I can’t do YouTube anymore,

it’s so stressful. (sighs)

I’ve had enough.

• Don’t say that, don’t even think it!

You’re amazing, you can do this, bro!

I believe in you.

Never give up!

Used the verb in courage.

• Thanks man,

thanks for encouraging me to continue.

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Notice again, the verb takes all the tense.

Thanks for…

Now we need an -ing verb.

So, thanks for encouraging me,

and we need the to,

to continue.

And then maybe, my friend is having a problem.

• Oh man, I can’t do these thumbnails,

they’re so hard!

• I know.

Dude, don’t worry though,

I’m gonna help you do your thumbnails.

• Yeah?

• Or I could have said, I’ll help you to do your thumbnails.

The to it’s not necessary, it’s an option.

• Dude, who are you speaking to?

• No one, shh!

And finally, to ask.

Whether you’re requesting something,

or maybe asking permission to do something,

for example, he is asking permission.

• Sorry, Aly, can I use your bathroom please?

Sorry, Aly, can I use your bathroom please, mate?

Aly!

• What?

Oh sorry, did you just ask to use the bathroom?

• Yeah. - Again?

Yeah, please mate.

So with the verb ask,

to, verb,

and if you give permission to someone,

you let them do something.

With the verb let, there is no to.

Yeah, I’ll let you use the bathroom, that’s fine.

• Thanks.

• You got the shits?

• What?

No, no.

• I let him use the bathroom,

because he has diarrhea.

So let’s practice all of this, in the comments

or in your notebook, where you take notes,

wherever, it doesn’t matter.

Just practice, practice, practice it

with these questions.

Number one, did your parents

use to let you eat sugary foods and drinks?

For me, no.

When I was young, my favorite drink was this,

it was called a Slush Puppie,

it’s basically just ice and red.

I don’t know, red sugar, whatever,

it’s probably not healthy,

but my mom, never let me drink it.

Number two, if you are feeling sleepy, lazy,

you don’t wanna do anything, but your friends call you

and they’re like, “Hey, come out to the pub.”

How could they get you to join them?

For me, my friends,

they can get me to come out, if we’re going somewhere fun.

If there’s good food, good people, good drinks,

then I’ll come out.

But if you ask me to go to Leicester Square, or Piccadilly,

to go out,

you’ll never gonna get me to go there, never.

Number three, when was the last time

you encouraged someone, to do something?

Or when was the last time someone encouraged you

to do something?

Number four, what does your boss

usually have you do every day?

For example, does your boss have you make coffee?

Does your boss have you

do the boring stuff in the office?

And finally number five,

are you the older or younger, brother or sister?

Does your brother or sister, make you

get things for them?

For example, for me, I’m the younger brother,

so, when we were kids,

my oldest sister always,

made me get her stuff, like

glasses of juice, food, everything.

Thanks for watching,