Causative form

A causative form, in linguistics, (a) is an expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action or to be in a certain condition--salient cause, (b) is an expression of a patient involves in a non-volitional event that registers the changes of its state--salient effect, (c) is an expression of a grammatical modality in perfective (sequential) or subjenctive (hypothetical) or realis (non-hypothetical) state--perceptual salient. In Korean, this form is called 사동.

Forming causatives

Explaining the form with subject marker, object marker, etc.

이 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Examples
먹다 (to eat)	먹이다 (to feed)	Active- 나는 김치를 먹는다.(I eat Kimchi) Causative- 나는 강아지에게 물을 먹인다.(I made my dog to drink water)
죽다 (to die)	죽이다 (to kill)	Active- 지진 때문에 많은 사람이 죽었다. (Many people died from the earthquake.) Causative- 그는 사람을 죽였다. (He killed a person.)
붙다 (to stick to)	붙이다 (to stick)
끓다 (to boil)	끓이다 (to make something boil)	Active- 물은 100℃ 이상에서 끓는다. (Water boils in the temperature of 100℃ and over.) Causative- 나는 김치찌개를 끓였다. (I boiled the Kimchi-jjigae.)
보다 (to see, to look, to watch)	보이다 (to show)
속다 (to be fooled, to be deceived)	속이다 ()
닦다 ()	딱이다 ()

히 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Examples
익다	익히다
읽다 (to read)	읽히다
입다 (to wear)	입히다
앉다 (to sit)	앉히다
눕다	눕히다
맞다	맞히다

리 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Examples
알다	알리다
울다	울리다
돌다	돌리다
살다	살리다
놀다	놀리다
걷다	걸리다

기 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Examples
벗다	벗기다
신다	신기다
웃다	웃기다
맡다	맡기다
감다	감기다
씻다	씻기다

우 Causative verb

Active verb	Causative verb	Examples
깨다	깨우다
서다	세우다
쓰다	씌우다
자다	재우다
타다	태우다