让ràngto permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc)

1. 1.

   to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc)verb

• 让to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc)

让 often translates as either "let" or "make"; listen to context for how willing the other person is, and keep the person right after 让.

1. HSK 1

   妈妈让我去学校。

   Māma ràng wǒ qù xuéxiào.

   Mom lets me go to school. / Mom told me to go to school.

2. HSK 1

   请让我说。

   Qǐng ràng wǒ shuō.

   Please let me speak.

3. HSK 1

   他不让我看这个电影。

   Tā bù ràng wǒ kàn zhège diànyǐng.

   He won't let me watch this movie.

4. HSK 1

   这件事让我很高兴。

   Zhè jiàn shì ràng wǒ hěn gāoxìng.

   This matter makes me very happy.

让 as a causative puts the person who acts after 让 (someone lets or makes them do it). 被 marks a passive: the affected thing is the subject, and the doer is optional after 被.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   妈妈让你做什么？

   Māma ràng nǐ zuò shénme?

   What is Mom having you do?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   她让我做饭。

   Tā ràng wǒ zuò fàn.

   She is having me cook.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   她让你去超市吗？

   Tā ràng nǐ qù chāoshì ma?

   Is she letting you go to the supermarket?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   不让，她不让我去。

   Bù ràng, tā bù ràng wǒ qù.

   No, she won't let me go.

5. 
   Speaker A:

   那谁让你买菜？

   Nà shéi ràng nǐ mǎi cài?

   Then who is having you buy vegetables?

6. 
   Speaker B:

   爸爸让我买。

   Bàba ràng wǒ mǎi.

   Dad is having me buy them.

1. 1.Fill in the blank ("let / make sb do"): 妈妈___我去学校。

   A被B让C所以
2. 2.Fill in the blank ("won't let me"): 他不___我看这个电影。

   A让B被C但是
3. 3.Which sentence means "Please let me speak"?

   A请被我说。B请让我说。C请把我说。

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Related words

• 被bèiused to indicate the passive voice (passive / 被 construction)HSK 3
• 把bǎused to put the object before the verb (disposal / 把 construction)HSK 3
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-HSK 1
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask forHSK 1
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to sayHSK 1
• 去qùto goHSK 1

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