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Hungary flagAttila
あげる, くれる? Which is used in: "What did father gave to you?" I found the exercise in my book. The example is: ーお父さんに何をくれましたか。 ー父は本をくれました。 Is this good? Why isn't used the あげる in the question? Can I use くれる even if not I get something?

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I guess it should be お父さんが何をくれましたか? or お父さんは何をくれましたか? 父は本をくれました。 What did your father give you? My father gave me a book.
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Abstractively saying, あげる -> it'a motion upward ( from the lower to the upper) くれる -> downward. then ーお父さんに何をくれましたか。is wrong. ー父は本をくれました。is right most of あげる/くれる can be explained through "upward/downward"
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皆さん,ありがとうございました。
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What did your father give to you? = お父さんはあなたに何をくれましたか。 *If you've already learned もらう, I would say: あなたはお父さんに何をもらいましたか。(literal translation would be: What did you receive from your father?) If you didn't learn it, please ignore it for now. My father gave a book to me. = 父は私に本をくれました。 くれる is generally used with "give to me", "give to us" or "give to someone who is in my group/family". So I think the asker is a family member or a friend. If the conversation isn't about "you", using あげる is OK. Ex.) マリアさんはボブさんに何をあげましたか。 本をあげました。 あなたのお父さんはおじいさんに何をあげましたか。 本をあげました。 I hope this helps you.

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