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[teran]

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[lilachs]

this subject had me on a mental breakdown

[booeylopa]

that was a fast and effective lesson which exactly resolved my concern, thanks!

[core]

very helpful, had a hard time distinguishing the two!

[عبدالرحمنيحيى-فل]

I had just learned this grammer lesson yesterday and it was really troublesome for me to differentiate between them but no more now . Thank you that made it clear for me

[luisphiliperocha]

Thank you very much Hiroko sensei. This finally settled the question for me. Tekureru = focus on the other person who is doing you a favor! (and you refer to the person using the particle GA) Temorau = focus on YOU who is receiving the favor/benefit from another person. Needless to say, it's more encouraged to use tekureru because it shows gratitude and politeness. Arigatou gozaimasu, karada ni ki wo tsukete ne~

[DANGJOS]

This is such a great lesson, thank you! All in less than 4 minutes too!

[cosmicartist]

The first sentence DOES NOT mean "My friend will cook dinner for me." That is a grammatical translation for the second sentence, but only a loose semantic translation for the first. THESE TWO FORMS DO NOT MEAN THE SAME THING. Overly-simplistic translation is a common and frustrating mistake made in beginner language instruction courses, which consistently leads to needless confusion.

Watashi wa tomodachi ni yūshoku o tsukutte morau. = I shall have my friend cook dinner (for me).

Tomodachi ga watashi ni yūshoku o tsukutte kureru. = My friend cooks/shall cook dinner (for me).

v-te kureru = DO (something) FOR (me)
v-te morau = HAVE (someone) DO (something) FOR (me), GET (s.o.) TO DO (sth) FOR (me)

[nolsp]

I understood a small bit of what was written in hiragana. Still have a long way to go. Arigato gozaimasu sensei!

[knightforlorn]

This one I found very useful. Thank you!

[shxogjq]

It's like "(to) borrow" and "(to) lend" in English, isn't it? In German we say "leihen" for both, there's the word "borgen" too though (it's not used very often).

[YUXKE]

Morau, kureru, and ageru were always the most confusing for me to grasp, and still are :/

[ViCCiOUSbr]

Please, explain the difference between kureru and ageru. I think it's even more confusing.

[tareqfriewan]

Hiroko sensai your lesson are always interesting

[hisodesu]

Very good lesson, thank you. Any chance you could explain moraitai and kuretai at the end of a Te form verb please. eg みせてもらいたい。

[quentincowater]

I want to know difference between agaru and ageru
oshietekudasaimasenka?

[D_kiki]

can you please also do a video on sasetemorau?? whats the difference between sasetemorau and simply just morau...its so

[psypsy]

But kureru is only used for watashi so you can skip it all together, right?

[cenkgockuncu]

Could you explain the kanas wi and we ?

[raywa]

I have a test today covering this topic and God I hate this so much, so confusing