Causative form

A causative form, in linguistics, (a) is an expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action or to be in a certain condition--salient cause, (b) is an expression of a patient involves in a non-volitional event that registers the changes of its state--salient effect, (c) is an expression of a grammatical modality in perfective (sequential) or subjenctive (hypothetical) or realis (non-hypothetical) state--perceptual salient. In Korean, his form is called 사동.

Forming causatives

Explaining the form with subject marker, object marker, etc.

이 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Comment
먹다	먹이다
죽다	죽이다
붙다	붙이다
끓다	끓이다
보다	보이다
속다	속이다
닦다	딲이다

히 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Comment
익다	익히다
읽다	읽히다
입다	입히다
앉다	앉히다
눕다	눕히다
맞다	맞히다

리 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Comment
알다	알리다
울다	울리다
돌다	돌리다
살다	살리다
놀다	놀리다
걷다	걸리다

기 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Comment
벗다	벗기다
신다	신기다
웃다	웃기다
맡다	맡기다
감다	감기다
씻다	씻기다

우 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Comment
깨다	깨우다
서다	세우다
쓰다	씌우다
자다	재우다
타다	태우다

Creating causative form

Causative form can also created: See V + 게 하다

See also

• Passive form
• V + 게 하다