pacerier 先輩 Joined 1 Apr 2009 Messages 188 Reaction score 0 27 Sep 2011 #1 Hi all, what I know is the てあげる means that I'm doing the action for someone, I was wondering in the sentence 「私は行ってあげた。」 how do I mark the "beneficiary" of my action? Last edited: 27 Sep 2011
Hi all, what I know is the てあげる means that I'm doing the action for someone, I was wondering in the sentence 「私は行ってあげた。」 how do I mark the "beneficiary" of my action?
Glenn 一切皆苦 Joined 8 Jan 2004 Messages 7,842 Reaction score 200 27 Sep 2011 #2 You mean the beneficiary? You can use ～のために. I'm not sure that it's applicable in all situations, though. It may be a bit haughty.
You mean the beneficiary? You can use ～のために. I'm not sure that it's applicable in all situations, though. It may be a bit haughty.
pacerier 先輩 Joined 1 Apr 2009 Messages 188 Reaction score 0 27 Sep 2011 Thread starter #3 Yea beneficiary lol.. edited This is weird.. so apparently we can say「私は行ってあげた。」but there's no way to specify the "receiver" of the auxiliary てあげる..
Yea beneficiary lol.. edited This is weird.. so apparently we can say「私は行ってあげた。」but there's no way to specify the "receiver" of the auxiliary てあげる..
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 27 Sep 2011 #4 Glennさんはpacerierさんのために答えてあげたんじゃないの？