So I am reading through a text and I am not sure if my translation of this sentence is correct


The sentence in question is "困らせちゃだめよ?". I know that 困らせ is simply a causative
form of 困る and that ちゃ is a feminine casual ては. I translated the sentence to
"So you're not troubled anymore, are you?" I don't know why, but I've got the
nagging feeling that the translation is incorrect.




“困らせちゃだめよ” is a colloquial turn of phrase for 困らせてはいけない、which means “You
mustn’t trouble (somebody).” It’s an imperative form, and reverse to “You're
not troubled.” Apparently it sounds feminine. A man would say "“困らせちゃだめ **だ**
よ”

As I don’t know the context of the quoted phrase, I wonder why it’s trailed by
a question mark.

