Meaning
A polite pattern used when the speaker asks for permission to do something personally.
Formation
- Causative せる in the て form + ください: 帰らせてください
- More polite: 帰らせていただけませんか
When to use it
- Core use
- Please let me do it
Example
それを私に見させてください
Please let me look at that.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.