[verb] - te yaru

[Rockuman]

I've noticed in some verbs, people will use them in their "te" form, and then add yaru, which when thinking about it, seems to mean the same thing as using it in it's plain 'ru' form. An example is, "misete yaru", and "miseru". Are they interchangable based on the occaision, or do they have different meanings?

 

[nhk9]

-yaru has basically two usages

1) Giving favour to someone of lower status than you. This is equivalent to -te ageru, but -te yaru is only used towards things like plants, or people such as your younger brother, your son/daughter etc.

ex. imouto ni eiga wo misete yarimashita (I showed a movie to my sister, as a favour to her by me)

2) -te yaru may sometimes not mean anything in particular. This usage is commonly used in insults etc., in colloquial speeches.

omae, koroshite yare! (I am gonna kill ya!)

 

[Glenn]

2) -te yaru may sometimes not mean anything in particular. This usage is commonly used in insults etc., in colloquial speeches.

omae, koroshite yare! (I am gonna kill ya!)

It can be used to mean that you give someone trouble in addtion to doing a favor for someone of lower status or someone close to you. Kureru can be used in the same way: Kisama wa saki ni ijimete kureta na. Kondo wa kashira wo tsurete kita kara... or something like that.

By the way, I think you meant omae, koroshiteyaru. The way you have it makes it sound like "you, kill (him, her, it)!"

 

[NeoXtremeX]

ore ga tasukete yaru
ore ga mamotte yaru


Using this to someone close to me, like a relationship close, may be offensive?

 

[Glenn]

I think it's fair game if you use it with someone close to you.