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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