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JLPT N4 · Requests, permission & prohibition

させてください (sasete kudasai)

~させてください — “please let me ~”

In short · The causative te-form + ください, used to ask permission for yourself to do something: 考えさせてください, 休ませてください.
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Pattern

  • 使役て形+ください Causative te-form + ください (考えさせてください)

How to use it

Say it when you want to do something or need permission to do it. You can add 私に, as in 私にやらせてください.

Politeness

It asks the other person for permission. For a more polite version, use ~させていただけませんか or ~させていただきます.

Examples

  • 少(すこ)し考(かんが)えさせてください。

    Sukoshi kangaesasete kudasai.

    Please let me think a little.

  • その仕事(しごと)は私(わたし)にやらせてください。

    Sono shigoto wa watashi ni yarasete kudasai.

    Please let me do that job.

  • 体(からだ)の調子(ちょうし)が悪(わる)いので、今日(きょう)は休(やす)ませてください。

    Karada no chōshi ga warui node, kyō wa yasumasete kudasai.

    I'm not feeling well, so please let me rest today.

Common mistakes

  • The speaker is the one who acts; it is not a request that the listener do it.
  • Get the causative te-form right (休む → 休ませて, 食べる → 食べさせて).

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