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Aimed at beginners and advanced beginners, this ongoing series of video lessons covers a range of topics that includes numbers, cooking, holidays, and just enjoying life.

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Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 1

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What are causatives? Causal verbs are used to cause things to happen. They're used in causative constructions. Although there are various specific verbs in this category, we commonly use four ordinary verbs for this: ("have," "let," "get," and "make"). Let's make some sense of them.

Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 2

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Now that you have an idea about what causal verbs and causal constructions are, let's give them some context. We're still using the verbs "have," let," "get," and "make," and the theme is housepainting.

Sigrid explains - Causative constructions - Part 3

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Let's look "under the hood," and see how to build causative constructions using "have," "let," "get," and "make."

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