-게 하다
ge hada
Grammar · 1 sense
made, caused, influenced, let
Examples
선생님은 학생들이 열심히 공부하게 했어요.
The teacher made the students study hard.
부모님이 제가 더 건강하게 살게 하셨어요.
My parents made me live more healthily.
저는 아이가 방을 청소하게 했어요.
I made my child clean his room.
When you'd hear it
-게 하다 is common in everyday conversation, workplace speech, and writing, with politeness determined by its ending. It appears when a person deliberately causes or allows someone else to do something, often with forms such as 하게 했어요 or 하게 하십시오.
What learners get wrong
Do not confuse -게 하다 with -게 되다: -게 하다 presents a person or force as causing the action, while -게 되다 describes an outcome or change that comes about without directly framing someone as the cause.
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