Thursday, May 18, 2017

Expressing "to make" with する

An adjective can be conjugated to its adverb form and paired with する to express "to make something [adjective]." For example:

暑くする - to make something hot/hotter

静かにする - to make something quiet/quieter

先生は宿題易しくしたよ。
The teacher made the homework easy.

人形を買って、きれいにした。
I bought a doll and made it pretty.

テーブルは少し大きくした。
I made the table a little bigger.

リーさんは部屋明るくしたよね。
Lee-san made the room brighter.

Finally, note the idiomatic use of this pattern with the phrase 静かにする, which is often said as 「静かにして」, or "Keep quiet!"

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