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New grammar Base te kureru and Base te morau
Sentence Pattern of ～てあげる
The person who
gives assistance | は | The person who
receives assistance | を/
に Noun を/
の Noun を | て-form あげます |
Note: Used when a person does something beneficial to another person. When "私" is the subject of the sentence, it may give the impression that the favor is being forcefully imposed. So be careful when using it.
Sentence Pattern of ～てやる
The person who
gives assistance | は | The person who
receives assistance | を/
に Noun を/
の Noun を | て-form やる |
1) Giving favour to someone of lower status than you. This is equivalent to -te ageru, but -te yaru is only used towards things like plants, or people such as your younger brother, your son/daughter etc.ex. imouto ni eiga wo misete yarimashita (I showed a movie to my sister, as a favour to her by me)2) -te yaru may sometimes not mean anything in particular. This usage is commonly used in insults etc., in colloquial speeches.
Sentence Pattern of ～てくれる
The person who
gives assistance | は | The person who
receives assistance | を/
に Noun を/
の Noun を | て-form くれます |
| Third Person | → | Me/My Family | | |
| My Family | → | Me | | |
Note: Used when a person feels grateful towards a person who has helped him/her.
Sentence Pattern of ～てもらう
The person who
receives assistance | は/が | The person who
gives assistance | に | て-form もらいます |
| | X Me | | |
| X Third Person | → | My Family | | |
Note: Used when a person who has asked for help feels grateful towards the person who helped him/her.
You will see that for ～てあげる and ～てくれる sentences, the person who receives the assistance can be marked by particle に, の or を, all depending on the verbs used. This is the most difficult part when using these sentence patterns as many of you always get confused about which particle to use.
To determine which particle to use, you have got to understand the verb involved in the sentence. Most verbs are tied to specific particle.
To help you on this, I will show you about 20 verbs together with some examples. Memorize the formats of all of them if you need to. This will help you determine the correct particle once you see similar verbs.
On the other hand in ～てもらう sentence, the action taker is always marked by the particle に. Therefore you will see only the following pattern for ～てもらう sentence...
| Action Receiver | は | Action Taker | に | て-form もらいます |
Note: Action taker cannot be 私, nor My Family if the action receiver is Third Person
Worksheet on new grammar
Homework: Place and feelings quiz
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