GRAMMAR DETAIL
させてください
Follows the connective form of a causative verb to ask another person for permission to perform an action.
Examples
体調が悪いので今日は少し早く帰らせてください。
I am not feeling well, so please let me leave a little early today.
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ここで少し説明させてください。
Please allow me to explain briefly here.
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その件について私にも意見を言わせてください。
Please let me share my opinion on that matter as well.
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: The
てform of a causative verb takesくださいto ask for permission to act oneself. - Basic usage:
ここで少し説明させてください。asks for permission for the speaker to explain briefly.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Who performs the action
説明してくださいasks the listener to explain, while説明させてくださいasks for permission for the speaker to explain. The person doing the explaining changes.
- Forming the causative
- First form the causative, as in
帰る → 帰らせてくださいand言う → 言わせてください. Do not attachさせてunchanged to every verb stem.
- First form the causative, as in