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GRAMMAR
〜てくれる
to do a favor (for me)
Explanation
NOTE

てくれる means to do something for me and is used when someone else performs an action for your benefit. You attach it after the て-form of a verb.

NOTE

Using てくれる expresses gratitude — it shows you appreciate what the other person did. The person doing the favor is the subject (marked with or ).

STRUCTURE
V
くれる
友達ともだち手伝てつだってくれた
Tomodachi ga tetsudatte kureta.
My friend helped me.
はは弁当べんとうつくってくれる
Haha ga bentou wo tsukutte kureru.
My mother makes me a lunch box.
先生せんせい説明せつめいしてくれた
Sensei ga setsumei shite kureta.
The teacher explained it for me.
Example sentences
ともだちほんおしえてくれます。
My friend teaches me Japanese (as a favor).
ははばんはんつくってくれます。
My mother cooks dinner for me (as a favor).
せんせい宿しゅくだいつだってくれます。
The teacher helps me with my homework (as a favor).

Practice exercises

1
ちちえきまでむかえにくれた
My father came to pick me up at the station (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
2
いもうと部屋へや掃除そうじしてくれた
My sister cleaned the room (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
3
先生せんせい説明せつめいしてくれた
The teacher explained it for me (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
4
あねおくってくれた
My older sister sent it for me (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
5
友達ともだちえきまでむかえにくれた
My friend came to pick me up at the station (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
6
あにってくれた
My older brother bought it for me (as a favor).
Answer
くれた
7
写真しゃしんってくれる
My friend did the favor of taking a picture for me.
Answer
写真しゃしんってくれる写真しゃしんってくれます
8
母が料理りょうりつくってくれる
My mother does me the favor of cooking.
Answer
つくってくれる