Verbs with Objects and Infinitives

What you’ll learn

Use tell, ask, want, make, and let accurately.

ប្រើកម្មបទជាមួយលំនាំ infinitive ឱ្យត្រឹមត្រូវ។

Meaning and use

Tell, ask, and want can take an object followed by a to-infinitive. Make and let use an object followed by a bare infinitive in active clauses. Say does not normally follow the tell + person + infinitive pattern. Help allows either a bare or a to-infinitive.

Tell, ask និង want អាចមានកម្មបទ រួច to-infinitive។ Make និង let ក្នុងប្រយោគ active ប្រើកិរិយាសព្ទដើមដោយគ្មាន to បន្ទាប់ពីកម្មបទ។

Grammar patterns

Pattern	Example or form
Object + to-infinitive	She asked me to wait.
Object + bare infinitive	They let us leave. / The noise made me wake up.

Examples

1. The teacher told us to read page ten.

   គ្រូបានប្រាប់យើងឱ្យអានទំព័រដប់។

2. I want you to check this sentence.

   ខ្ញុំចង់ឱ្យអ្នកពិនិត្យប្រយោគនេះ។

3. They let us use the meeting room.

   ពួកគេអនុញ្ញាតឱ្យយើងប្រើបន្ទប់ប្រជុំ។

4. The film made me cry.

   ភាពយន្តនោះធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំយំ។

Everyday conversation

Dara: What did the teacher ask you to do?

Maly: She asked me to explain my answer.

Common mistakes

Instead of	Use	Why
She told to wait.	She told me to wait.	Tell needs a person object in this instruction pattern.
They made us to repeat it.	They made us repeat it.	Active make takes an object plus a bare infinitive.

Practice

Try these questions before opening the answers. Write or say each answer.

សាកល្បងឆ្លើយសំណួរទាំងនេះជាមុនសិន មុននឹងបើកមើលចម្លើយ។ អ្នកអាចសរសេរ ឬនិយាយចម្លើយរបស់អ្នក។

1. Complete: He asked me ___ (close) the door.
2. Correct: They let me to borrow it.
3. Rewrite using told: She said to me, Please sit down.

Answers and explanations

Show answers / បង្ហាញចម្លើយ

1. to close

   Ask + person takes a to-infinitive.

2. They let me borrow it.

   Let takes a bare infinitive after its object.

3. She told me to sit down.

   Tell + object + to-infinitive reports the instruction.

Quick recap

• Object + to-infinitive: She asked me to wait.
• Object + bare infinitive: They let us leave. / The noise made me wake up.