someone does something for me

Te-form plus くれる means someone kindly does an action for the speaker or the speaker's group. It adds a feeling of gratitude that a plain sentence lacks. The honorific version is てくださる.

Examples

• 友達ともだちが引ひっ越こしを手伝てつだってくれました。

  Tomodachi ga hikkoshi o tetsudatte kuremashita.

  My friend helped me move.

• 母ははが毎朝まいあさお弁当べんとうを作つくってくれます。

  Haha ga maiasa obentou o tsukutte kuremasu.

  My mother makes me a boxed lunch every morning.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 友達 friend
• 引っ越し moving house
• 手伝う to help, to assist
• くれる to give (to me)
• 母 mother (one's own)
• 毎朝 every morning

Related patterns · Giving and receiving

• あげる to give (outward, from me or my group)
• くれる to give (to me or my group)
• もらう to receive
• 〜てあげる to do something for someone else
• 〜てもらう to have someone do something for you