 Re: adj/verb
This is hard to explain but I will try to make it simple to understand and use (had to research it myself)
First note that the main verb is make which is transitive; lets then ignore the clause 'I can' and focus on 'make you laugh, make you cry, make it colourful.'
Therefore these sentences are in the causative voice; the first two sentences are explained like this:
The picture is colourful >> is := make :: so
make the picture colourful
My home is clean >> is := make :: so
make my home clean
The last two sentences are easy to understand if we build them up from right to left (backwards)
"You laugh" is a proper sentence
"Make you laugh" is the causative voice, where 'you laugh' becomes the subject of 'make.' But who makes you laugh?
"I make you laugh" adds an object, and transforms 'make' into a transitive verb.
"I can make you laugh" inserts another transitive (can) which makes the case of 'make you laugh' oblique (the phrase acts like one noun), and the verb 'laugh' stays at the end just like it was in the simplest sentence! These last two are maybe hard to understand, but they are easier to construct than the first two.
I hope this helps. Its rather confusing, and my answer in the end is practice practice practice!
Good luck,
Jesse  |