Category: N4

みなさん、

こんにちは。

I have fallen ill (burnout), but nonetheless, i still want to finish writing this set of posts.

Today, i will cover いただきます。Let’s take a look the difference between いただきます and もらいます。

For those who have not read Part 2 of the series, i will repeat myself again.

Level 2 refers to 目上の人（i.e superiors, seniors, teachers, etc).
Level 1 refers to people who are in the same social status (i.e friends, acquaintances, etc).

Let’s take a look at the following example from the post 2 days ago.

わたしは　ともだちに　花(はな)を　もらいました。 (I received flowers from my friend)

In the event, if you are receiving something from someone who is in a higher status than you, e.g seniors, superiors, teachers, etc, it may be better to use 「いただきます」instead of 「もらいます」。

Some examples would be:

わたしは　せんせいに　花(はな)を　いただきました。 (I received flowers from my sensei)

わたしは　しゃちょうに　おみやげを　いただきました。 (I received souvenirs from my company director)

Legend:
Red: Giver of action
Blue: Receiver of action
Green: Object

Take note that if you were to use 「もらいます」or 「いただきます」, the person receiving has to be you or someone who is emotionally close to you (e.g your family members, your colleagues at your company).

 

I hope you understand today’s article. Part 4 would be one of the hardest to understand, i would try to break it down so that it is easier for you.

 

Cheers,
Can

 

みなさん、

こんにちは。

To continue from i stopped yesterday.

Today we will go 1 step further to explain くださいます and さしあげます。

Let’s take a look at the following table.

In my table above, Level 2 refers to 目上の人（i.e superiors, seniors, teachers, etc).
Level 1 refers to people who are in the same social status (i.e friends, acquaintances, etc).

Let’s take a look at the following example from yesterday’s post.
わたしは　ともだちに　花(はな)を　あげました。(I gave flowers to my friend).

 

In the event if you wish to say “I gave flowers to your teacher”, it would be better to say
わたしは   せんせいに　花(はな)を　さしあげました。

This would be in Level 2 politeness. Basically, you change 「あげます」 to 「さしあげます」to indicate the status of the receiver.

 

Similarly, let’s recap on くれます。

ともだちは わたしに 本(ほん)をくれました。

(My friend gave me a book)

If you wish to say your sensei or someone of a higher status gave you or your family member something,
it would be better to use くださいます。

An example would be below:

先生は わたしに 本(ほん)を くださいました。(My teacher gave me a book)

Some other example sentences:

 

さしあげます

わたしは　課長(かちょう)に　りんごを　さしあげました。(I gave apples to my section chief)

わたしは　社長(しゃちょう)に　おみやげを　さしあげました。 (I gave souvenirs to my company director)

 

くださいます

せんせいは　いもうとに　着物(きもの)を　くださいました。 (Sensei gave my younger sister a set of kimono)

かちょうは　わたしに　おみやげを　くださいました。 (My section chief gave me some souvenirs)

 

Legend:
Red: Giver of action
Blue: Receiver of action
Green: Object

Tomorrow/this weekend i will work on Giving and Receiving Part 3 (いただきます) and
Giving and Receiving Part 4 (て+くれます・くださいます/ て＋もらいます・いただきます/て＋あげます・さしあげます)

 

Hope you all understand a little better about くださいます and さしあげます。

Have a great Friday ahead.

 

Cheers,

Can

 

Hi all,

One of the things about learning 国語 (Kokugo, the Japanese language which is learned by native Japanese) is that they have different ways of identifying their group 1, 2 and 3 verbs.

If you are unsure if a verb is group 1 or 2, remove the る、ない、た、etc from the verb and add a ない、if it ends with a [あ]-sound, then its a group 1, else its a group 2.

e.g はなさない (hana-SA-nai) : group 1
たべない (ta-BE-nai): group 2
みない (MI-nai): group 2…

Have a good weekend ahead.

/Can