Chapter 24: Giving, Receiving, and Social Interactions

Learn verbs for giving, receiving, taking people places, and various social interactions including introductions and explanations

In this chapter, you will learn verbs for giving and receiving, taking people to places, sending, and various social interaction verbs. You

Key topics:

・Giving and receiving verbs
・Taking people to places
・Social interactions and introductions
・Sending and guiding
・Explaining and putting things in
・Directional verbs with different particles

Vocabulary

くれます

kuremasu

くれます

give (to me/us), give (from someone else

Example

ははがぼくにケーキをくれました。

Haha ga boku ni kēki o kuremashita.

My mother gave me a cake.

つれていきます

tsurete ikimasu

連れていきます

take (someone) along (to somewhere)

Example

こどもをえいがかんにつれていきます。

Kodomo o eigakan ni tsurete ikimasu.

I take my child to the cinema.

つれてきます

tsurete kimasu

連れてきます

bring (someone) along (to here)

Example

ともだちをパーティーにつれてきます。

Tomodachi o pātī ni tsurete kimasu.

I bring my friend to the party.

おくります

okurimasu

送ります

send, see off, accompany

Example

ひとをえきにおくります。

Hito o eki ni okurimasu.

I see someone off to the station.

しょうかいします

shōkai shimasu

紹介します

introduce, present

Example

あたらしいともだちをしょうかいします。

Atarashii tomodachi o shōkai shimasu.

I introduce my new friend.

あんないします

annai shimasu

案内します

guide, show around, lead

Example

おきゃくさまをしょくどうにあんないします。

Okyakusama o shokudō ni annai shimasu.

I guide the guest to the dining room.

せつめいします

setsumei shimasu

説明します

explain, describe

Example

つかいかたをせつめいします。

Tsukaikata o setsumei shimasu.

I explain how to use it.

いれます

iremasu

入れます

put in, insert, include

Example

コーヒーにさとうをいれます。

Kōhī ni satō o iremasu.

I put sugar in the coffee.

ひと

hito

人

person, people

Example

ひとをえきにおくります。

Hito o eki ni okurimasu.

I see the person off to the station.

コーヒー

kōhī

coffee

Example

あさコーヒーをのみます。

Asa kōhī o nomimasu.

I drink coffee in the morning.

Conversation

Kanji

Grammar Rules

Rule 1: Giving with くれます (to me/us)

Structure: [Giver] が/は [Receiver (me/in-group)] に [Object] をくれます

Use くれます when someone gives something to the speaker or to someone in the speaker

How to use: Take the giver (someone else), add が or は, then the receiver (me or my in-group), add に, then the object, add を, then くれます. Example: ともだちがわたしにほんをくれました (My friend gave me a book). For present/future: くれます. For negative: くれません. To ask for something: 〜てくれますか (Will you do ~ for me?). For

💡 Pro Tip: Do not confuse くれます with あげます. あげます is for giving from inside to outside (I give to someone). くれます is for giving from outside to inside (someone gives to me). Use くれます only when the receiver is me or my group. For

Examples

ともだちがわたしにほんをくれました。

Tomodachi ga watashi ni hon o kuremashita.

→ My friend gave me a book.

おかあさんがケーキをくれました。

Okāsan ga kēki o kuremashita.

→ My mother gave me cake.

Rule 2: Taking someone with つれていきます

Structure: [Person (taken)] を [Destination] につれていきます

Use つれていきます to express taking someone along with you from your current location to another place. The verb is a combination of つれる (to take along) and いく (to go). The person being taken is marked with を (direct object), and the destination is marked with に. This implies that you are going together, and you are leading or accompanying them.

How to use: Take the person you are taking, add を, then the destination, add に, then つれていきます. Example: こどもをがっこうにつれていきます (I take my child to school). For past: つれていきました (took). For negative: つれていきません (will not take). For casual: つれていく. To ask someone to take you: つれていって下さい (Please take me). The direction is away from the speaker

💡 Pro Tip: Do not confuse つれていきます (take someone away from here) with つれてきます (bring someone to here). For taking a pet, also use つれていきます: いぬをさんぽにつれていきます (take the dog for a walk). For taking an object (like a bag), use もっていきます (carry/take), not つれていきます (only for people/animals). For

Examples

こどもをがっこうにつれていきます。

Kodomo o gakkō ni tsurete ikimasu.

→ I take my child to school.

いぬをこうえんにつれていきます。

Inu o kōen ni tsurete ikimasu.

→ I take my dog to the park.

Rule 3: Bringing someone with つれてきます

Structure: [Person (brought)] を [Destination (here)] につれてきます

Use つれてきます to express bringing someone along with you to the speaker

How to use: Take the person you are bringing, add を, then the destination (often implied as

💡 Pro Tip: Compare つれていきます (take away) vs つれてきます (bring here). Use つれてきます when the destination is where you are now or will be. For

Examples

ともだちをパーティーにつれてきます。

Tomodachi o pātī ni tsurete kimasu.

→ I

あした、こどもをつれてきます。

Ashita, kodomo o tsurete kimasu.

→ I

Rule 4: Sending with おくります

Structure: [Person/Thing (sent)] を [Destination] におくります

Use おくります to express sending a person or an object to a destination. For objects, it means

How to use: Take the person/thing you are sending, add を, then the destination, add に, then おくります. Example: おきゃくさまをえきにおくります (I see the guest off to the station). For objects: てがみをともだちにおくります (I send a letter to a friend). For past: おくりました (sent). For negative: おくりません (won

💡 Pro Tip: For sending a person (seeing them off), the destination is often a station or airport: えきにおくる. For

Examples

おきゃくさまをえきにおくります。

Okyakusama o eki ni okurimasu.

→ I see the guest off to the station.

ゆうびんでてがみをおくりました。

Yūbin de tegami o okurimashita.

→ I sent a letter by mail.

Chapter 24: Giving, Receiving, and Social Interactions

Learn verbs for giving, receiving, taking people places, and various social interactions including introductions and explanations

Key topics:

Vocabulary

Conversation

Kanji

Grammar Rules

Rule 1: Giving with くれます (to me/us)

Rule 2: Taking someone with つれていきます

Rule 3: Bringing someone with つれてきます

Rule 4: Sending with おくります

Exercises

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