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〜てくれる

JLPT N4 Giving and receiving

someone does something for me

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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

  • まし

    Tomodachi ga hikkoshi o tetsudatte kuremashita.

    My friend helped me move.

  • ます

    Haha ga maiasa obentou o tsukutte kuremasu.

    My mother makes me a boxed lunch every morning.

Vocabulary in these examples

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