JLPT N4 · Requests and communication

〜させてください

Please let me do it

Meaning

A polite pattern used when the speaker asks for permission to do something personally.

Formation

  1. Causative せる in the て form + ください: 帰らせてください
  2. 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

それわたしさせてください

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.

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