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Basic Concepts: Thank You for Verbing for Me
Thanking people for doing an action. Thanking in this way can only be done for events in real time or in the past. |
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Nihongo: V + te kurete arigotou |
Eigo |
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See notes below for formality |
Thank for doing that verb for me. |
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| ADOBAISU shite kurete arigatou | giving me your advice | |
| waratte kurete arigatou | smiling for me | |
| shoutai shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | inviting | |
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denwa shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
calling |
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kite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
coming |
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asobi ni kite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
visiting |
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tsurete kite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
bringing me here. |
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mukae ni kite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
coming to picking me up |
| watashi wo miokutte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
seeing me off |
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| watashi wo miokuri ni kite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
coming to see me off |
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| eki made okutte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
escorting me to station |
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itte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
going (i.e. to get it) |
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BI-R wo mottekite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
bringing (the beer) here |
| gochisou shite kure arigatou | treating. | |
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totte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
getting it |
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katte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
buying it | |
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sou shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
doing that |
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sou itte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
saying sou |
| ogotte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | treating me (to lunch) | |
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taisetu ni shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
caring for me |
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_____ wo tetsudatte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
helping me (homework, |
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____ wo tsukutte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
making _____. (lunch, kohi,..... |
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ryouri shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
cooking |
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sentaku shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
washing |
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shouji shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
cleaning |
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oshiete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
teaching me (Japanese, directions |
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oshiete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
telling me |
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shinsetsu ni shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) Tanhen shinsetsu ni shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) Iroiro shinsetsu ni kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
being kind
for many kindnesses. |
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akachan no osewa shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
for the baby (see note) |
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akachan wo mite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | |
| akachan wo atsukatte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | ||
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shoutai shite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
inviting me |
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sore wo kashite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
lending me that. |
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Sou itte kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
saying so (note: "itte" also mean "going"). |
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Omoidasasete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
making me remember. |
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Watashi no tanjyoubi wo oboete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) |
remembering my birthday. |
| mattete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) see notes | thanks for waiting | |
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oboetete kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) Per okamoto sensei |
remembering |
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| yonde kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | reading it | |
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kiite kurete arigatou (gozaimasu) | listening |
| Watashi o mistukete kurete | ||
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Notes:
* V-te kudasate arigatou...... * V-te kurete arigatou......
next level up is: "o+V2+ itadaki arigatou gozaimasu"
Note: tsurete moraete ureshii desu (also common)
"osewa wo suru" means "to take care of" Because osewa in a noun object, "no" is the connector. See note on "osewa ni naru"
mattete is the colloquial way of saying "matte ite" which is the "te" form of "matteiru" Doesn't really make sense to have a te form of a te form but what do I know. "mattete kurete arigatou" is "thanks for waiting". Another form of mattatte is "matatte kurete kana" "I wonder if they are waiting form me"
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