Causative Verb 練習 （日本語の動詞） and 変な質問。
練習：
1.) 何が彼をそんなに怒らせましたか？ (What caused him to get this upset?)
2.) 彼は僕に微妙な酒を飲ませました。 (He made me drink strange alcohol (sake))
3.)僕は彼に微妙な酒を飲まされました。 (I was forced to drink strange alcohol by him)
4.)僕は彼に微妙な酒を飲ませました。 (I forced him to drink strange alcohol)
5.)子供の頃の音楽を聴く時、懐かしいことを思い出されました。 (When I listen to music from my childhood, it makes me remember nostalgic things)
質問：
First, is there a way to make an adjective or maybe a noun causative? (Example: The paint made him blue. The drugs made him stupid)
The other question is a little strange. In English it is uncommon, albeit grammatically correct, to say something like "I made him make me apologize."
I forced him to make me apologize -> He then forced me to apologize -> I then apologized
It gets confusing if you nest in a bunch of causative verbs, so it becomes redundant and annoying because even an English speaker wouldn't understand the causality of something like this: (I made him make me make him make me run away). This type of annoying structure is usually done in comedy or an ironic way.
Is there an equivalent to this structure in Japanese? Like is it possible to say "I made him make me drink the alcohol."? (I was able to get him to make me drink the alcohol)
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Causative Verb 練習 （日本語の動詞） and 変な質問。
練習：1.) 何が彼をそんなに怒らせましたか？ (What caused him to get this upset?)
2.) 彼は僕に微妙な酒を飲ませました。 (He made me drink strange alcohol (sake))
3.)僕は彼に微妙な酒を飲まされました。 (I was forced to drink strange alcohol by him)
4.)僕は彼に微妙な酒を飲ませました。 (I forced him to drink strange alcohol)
5.)子供の頃の音楽を聴く時、懐かしいことをが思い出されました。 (When I listen to music from my childhood, it makes me remember nostalgic things)
質問：
First, is there a way to make an adjective or maybe a noun causative? (Example: The paint made him blue. The drugs made him stupid)
Probably... I can come up with a few examples:
彼は私をどきどきさせる。
化粧は女性をきれいにする。
彼の言葉は彼女を悲しませた。
Although I can't think of any noun made causative.
The other question is a little strange. In English it is uncommon, albeit grammatically correct, to say something like "I made him make me apologize."
I forced him to make me apologize -> He then forced me to apologize -> I then apologized
It gets confusing if you nest in a bunch of causative verbs, so it becomes redundant and annoying because even an English speaker wouldn't understand the causality of something like this: (I made him make me make him make me run away). This type of annoying structure is usually done in comedy or an ironic way.
Is there an equivalent to this structure in Japanese? Like is it possible to say "I made him make me drink the alcohol."? (I was able to get him to make me drink the alcohol)
It's possible to say something like:
私は、彼が私を謝らせるようにさせた。
But it's obviously not natural. If someone says that to me, I would ask to say it again coz it's too complicated.
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