N4 grammar

〜てくれる

tekureru

Someone did it for me

Formation

てくれる says someone did something that benefited you, and it carries real gratitude. The direction is always inward, toward the speaker or the speaker's side. In the negative it becomes a natural way to ask for a favour.

Examples

〜てくれる is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. She told me this story off the record.

  2. Can I borrow your eraser for a moment?

  3. The singer's voice melts your heart.

  4. Cut out the nonsense, will you?

  5. Would you slice me a piece of ham, please?

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.