sensushi

N4 — outside your level filter

give and receive — the verb is chosen by which way the thing travels

これ、母ははがくれたお菓子かし。よかったら食たべて。

kore, haha ga kureta okashi. yokattara tabete.

These are sweets my mum gave me — help yourself. casual

先輩せんぱいに古ふるい自転車じてんしゃをもらったんだ。

senpai ni furui jitensha o moratta n da.

I got an old bike from an upperclassman. casual

Variants

  • さしあげるsashiageruformal

    humble giving upward, and the standard verb toward customers — 粗品そしなを差さし上あげる. The trap is the auxiliary 〜てさしあげる, which patronises (持もってさしあげます).

  • くださるkudasaruformal

    honorific giving toward the speaker's side — 先生せんせいが資料しりょうをくださった; the polite form is くださいます, not ×くださります.

  • いただくitadakuformal

    humble receiving — 先生せんせいに本ほんをいただきました; the everyday もらう said from below.

  • いただけませんかitadakemasenkaformal

    いただける asked in the polite negative, which is how a counter or an office asks for a thing — 申込書もうしこみしょをいただけませんか.

  • やるyarucolloquial

    downward giving — 犬いぬにえさをやる, 花はなに水みずをやる; aimed at an adult it sounds rough.

あげる・くれる・もらう

あげるくれるもらうageru kureru morauN4neutral

Formation

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