Making Someone Do Something
The causative says that someone makes or lets another person do something: აცინებს (makes someone laugh).
How It Works
A causative verb means to make someone do something, or to help them do it. It is formed from another verb, usually with ა- (a-) in front and -ებ, -ინებ or -ევ at the end:
| Verb | Causative | Past |
|---|---|---|
| იცინის (laughs) | აცინებს (makes laugh) | გააცინა |
| ტირის (cries) | ატირებს (makes cry) | აატირა |
| სძინავს (sleeps) | აძინებს (puts to sleep) | დააძინა |
| ჭამს (eats) | აჭმევს (feeds) | აჭამა |
| წერს (writes) | აწერინებს (makes write) | დააწერინა |
The causative is a doing verb, so it follows the usual cases: ბებია ბავშვს აძინებს (Grandma is putting the child to sleep), ბებიამ ბავშვი დააძინა (Grandma put the child to sleep).
When the first verb already has an object, as in eat something or write something, the person who is made to act goes in the dative in every tense. See the next topic.
Some causatives are everyday words of their own: აჭმევს means feeds, and აცმევს means dresses someone.
Examples (5)
- ეს ფილმი ყოველთვის მაცინებს.
This film always makes me laugh.
მ- marks me.
- ბებიამ ბავშვი დააძინა.
Grandma put the child to sleep.
In the past, ბავშვი is nominative.
- ნიკამ ანა აატირა.
Nika made Ana cry.
აატირა: the past of ატირებს, with the preverb ა-.
- მასწავლებელმა ბავშვებს წერილი დააწერინა.
The teacher had the children write a letter.
A causative with -ინ-.
- დილით ბავშვს ვაცმევ და სკოლაში მიმყავს.
In the morning, I dress the child and take him to school.
ვაცმევ: I dress someone.
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