Thursday, November 17, 2011

How do you say 'make me wait' in Japanese?

Question:


As in 'you make me wait' etc. Just not in a past tense. How would you say it in the negative, i.e., 'don't make me wait.' Can it be said without the verb 'suru?'

Answer:


You should learn causative forms of Japanese verbs in order to be able to say that type of phrases. Take the plain verb, remove the last sound(-u in this case) and add -aseru. This is how you do if the verb is godan(五段動詞). There is a different to do it for a ichidan verb.
wait- matsu
make someone wait- mataseru
make me wait- watashi wo mataseru (This verb takes the particle, wo)
dont make me wait- watashi wo matasenai

desu forms are matasemasu and matasemasen.

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