12. Requests and causatives การขอร้องและการใช้ให้ทำ
15 grammar points (TG172–TG186) · 3 beginner · 12 intermediate
Asking, offering and making someone do something: ขอ, ช่วย, กรุณา, เชิญ, and the many uses of ให้.
| ID | Grammar point | Meaning | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| TG172 | ขอ | “May I have / please let me” | Beginner |
| TG173 | ช่วย … หน่อย | “Please (help) do…” | Beginner |
| TG174 | เอา + N (want / take) | “I’ll take, I want” when ordering or choosing. อยาก takes a verb, เอา takes a noun, ต้องการ takes either | Beginner |
| TG175 | กรุณา | Formal “please” (signs, announcements) | Intermediate |
| TG176 | เชิญ | “Please (go ahead)”; inviting | Intermediate |
| TG177 | ให้ (causative) | “Have/let/make someone do” | Intermediate |
| TG178 | ให้ (benefactive/dative) | “For / to (someone)” | Intermediate |
| TG179 | ทำให้ | “Cause, make (result)” | Intermediate |
| TG180 | อยากให้ | “Want someone to…” | Intermediate |
| TG181 | โปรด | “Please” on signs, in announcements and formal writing | Intermediate |
| TG182 | V + ให้ + Adj (so that it is …) | Says how an action should turn out: “do it properly / clean / carefully” | Intermediate |
| TG183 | อนุญาตให้ / ไม่ให้ | Allow or forbid someone to do something | Intermediate |
| TG184 | (ถ้า) จะให้ … ก็ … | “If you want me to …, then …” | Intermediate |
| TG185 | ฝาก (entrust, ask a favour) | “Leave something with someone; ask someone to do something for you” | Intermediate |
| TG186 | ยืม / ให้ยืม (borrow vs lend) | ยืม = borrow; “lend” is causative ให้ … ยืม (“let someone borrow”) | Intermediate |