<p>给 (give)--&gt; allow --&gt;let.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>有一天 - there's one day</p>
</li>
<li><p>国王 - the king</p>
</li>
<li><p>把他的故事 - take his story</p>
</li>
<li><p>[<strong>给</strong>] - let</p>
</li>
<li><p>一名作家看 - a writer read (it)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>有一天国王把他的故事[<strong>给</strong>]一名作家看 --&gt; There's one day the king [<strong>let</strong>] a writer read his story</p>
</blockquote>

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2022-07-15T17:43:40.073Z
"有一天 - there's one day", I think this answered the OP's question on another thread.
r13
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Tang Ho
<p>In the sentence 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看 , the intended meaning is, “One day the king showed his stories to a writer”. 看 by itself means to see or to look at. 给 is used as “to” but does this change the meaning of 看 and if so how does the use of 给 change the meaning of verbs?</p>

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2022-07-15T22:42:34.643Z
I feel it's inconsiderate to ask the same question on multiple forums like [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/vzroih/the_use_of_%E7%BB%99/) and [HiNative](https://zh.hinative.com/questions/22270293); it wastes people's time.
Becky 李蓓
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How does 给 change the verb meaning in 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看?
# How does 给 change the verb meaning in 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-07-15)

In the sentence 有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看 , the intended meaning is, “One day the king showed his stories to a writer”. 看 by itself means to see or to look at. 给 is used as “to” but does this change the meaning of 看 and if so how does the use of 给 change the meaning of verbs?

**Tags:** grammar, verbs
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I feel it's inconsiderate to ask the same question on multiple forums like [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/vzroih/the_use_of_%E7%BB%99/) and [HiNative](https://zh.hinative.com/questions/22270293); it wastes people's time.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-07-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

给 (give)--> allow -->let.

* 有一天 - there's one day
* 国王 - the king
* 把他的故事 - take his story
* [**给**] - let
* 一名作家看 - a writer read (it)

> 有一天国王把他的故事[**给**]一名作家看 --> There's one day the king [**let**] a writer read his story

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: "有一天 - there's one day", I think this answered the OP's question on another thread.  

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