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In this week’s lesson, Waka teaches us how to use the verb くれる kureru which is used when someone does for someone else. It can be used to ask some one to do something for you such as: やってくれる？ Yatte kureru – Will you do it for me? It can also be used this way: 彼が買ってくれたんだ. Kare ga katte kuretan da – My boyfriend bought it (for me). This is an essential phrases you will hear a lot in conversations in Japan. Kureru is similar to the verb もらう morau although used in more polite contexts. We will be comvering “morau” in a future podcast.
