Aguro

In a Japanesepod101 episode, I was reminded again about the use of に vs を for causatives.

If we have an intransitive verb, like 働く and 泳ぐ, the causative like 働かせる and 泳がせる can mean either “to let someone do something” or “to make someone do something” depending on the particle used. に will make it “to let”, while を will make it “to make”.

Handy reminder.

I had an interesting discussion on the GTJ forum today about the use of を to replace が with the adjective 好き. In short, you can do it.

The other stuffs:

• Mnemosyne review
• Word bust: 日頃 and 眠る
• jpod101.com: Episode 9 of beginner season 2. Two couples watch a K-1 match on new year’s eve (大晦日). I couldn’t get it when the speaker said ケーワン. It turned out to be a kickboxing thing which is apparently watched by a lot of people on the eve. No new words, except if you count that one.

I’ll try to read something real tomorrow. For now, it’s time to sleep…