Question

마틴이 친구에게 보드카를 마시게 했어요 In causative expressions describing someone making somebody do something, -에게/한테 marks the person or the animal forced to act. Here, the meaning of -에게/한테 is similar to -(으)로 하요금.-에게서/한테서 provides the opposite meaning of -에게/한테. However, these two particles occasionally can be used interchangeably, for example, in colloquial speech.When the person marked by -에게/한테 should be mentioned in the respectful connotation, i.e., with the use of honorific terms, the particle can be replaced by the honorific -께.

Accepted Answer

Martin made his friend drink vodka

Front	마틴이 친구에게 보드카를 마시게 했어요
Back	Martin made his friend drink vodka
Notes	In causative expressions describing someone making somebody do something, -에게/한테 marks the person or the animal forced to act. Here, the meaning of -에게/한테 is similar to -(으)로 하요금. -에게서/한테서 provides the opposite meaning of -에게/한테. However, these two particles occasionally can be used interchangeably, for example, in colloquial speech. When the person marked by -에게/한테 should be mentioned in the respectful connotation, i.e., with the use of honorific terms, the particle can be replaced by the honorific -께.

에게/한테 Person Meaning Honorific 마틴이 친구에게 보드카를 마시게