What does 毎日働かせる mean exactly? (causative form + frequency modifier)


To me it seems that 毎日働かせる has two possible meanings:

  1. Every day (I) make (him) work. (So I issue this order to him every day) OR,

  2. (I) make (him) work every day. (So maybe I only issue this order once and he has to work every day).

Which one does it mean exactly? What if I want to distinguish the two meanings
in Japanese?




It could mean either of the two depending on context.

You could convert it to a two-verb construction 働くように言う. If you put 毎日 before
it, the sentence is still ambiguous. But if you put it before 言う, it
unambiguously modifies that verb.

