A New English Grammar Convention for AI Developers: The "makebe" Concept
As an AI developer, I’d like to propose a simple and practical grammatical convention for English to address a recurring challenge in technical expression.
In Korean, we use causative verbs like “시키다” to easily construct terms such as “존재시키다” (to cause to exist) or “진화시키다” (to evolve something). However, English lacks a consistent grammatical equivalent, which can complicate precise communication—especially in the fast-moving domain of AI, where new concepts constantly emerge.
To bridge this gap, I suggest the following convention:
Attach “make” before intransitive verbs to generate transitive forms that convey “to cause [someone/something] to do or become X.” For example:
- “be” → makebe (to make exist)
- “rise” → makerise (to make something rise)
- “arrive” → makearrive (to cause someone/something to arrive)
While these forms are not standard English, adopting this pattern within developer and technical communities could facilitate clearer, more efficient communication—especially when dealing with previously undefined or abstract operations.
I hope this convention helps bridge a linguistic gap and supports innovation by enabling more expressive language in the age of autonomous systems and AI evolution.