令 — A quality or situation makes a person feel a reaction; the cause comes first, 令 hands the feeling down onto the person named after.

TSUMUGU · TBCL 5 (est.) · 語法

令 grammar point · tier 1 · causative 令人 (cause someone to feel)

· lìng

A quality or situation makes a person feel a reaction; the cause comes first, 令 hands the feeling down onto the person named after.

Hook inherited from 讓.

A quality or situation makes a person feel a reaction; the cause comes first, 令 hands the feeling down onto the person n

框 · Frame

[cause: quality/situation] 令 [person] [reaction/feeling]

觸 · Trigger

Name what a thing does to people: a quality lands a reaction on whoever meets it, in written register.

序 · The move

1Put the cause first — the quality or situation that produces the effect.Is the subject a thing/situation, not the one who feels it?

2Write 令 + the one who feels (often 人 for people in general).Does the reaction sit on the person after 令, not on the cause?

3Name the reaction as a feeling or psychological state.Is the result an emotion/impression, not a plain physical action?

例 · Examples

1這間餐廳的氣氛和服務，令cause to feel人印象深刻deeply impressed。

This restaurant's atmosphere and service leave a deep impression.

界 · Boundary

使 / 讓

令 hands down a feeling and takes a reaction word (令人 + emotion/impression), written register; 使/讓 cause any state or action, plain register, any object.

命令

命令 is a literal order given to a person who obeys; this 令 causes a feeling, no one is being told to act.

✗ 這部電影令我哭了。 → ✓ 這部電影令人感動。 (令 takes a feeling/impression, not a bare physical act)

✗ 我令他高興。 → ✓ 他的話令我高興。 (the cause is a quality/situation, not a person doing it on purpose)

✗ 令人他印象深刻。 → ✓ 令他印象深刻。/令人印象深刻。 (the person sits straight after 令, no extra noun wedged in)

English "make me feel" lets the subject be a person doing the causing; 令 reaches for a quality or situation as the cause and pins the feeling onto the person after it.