Grammar › N4 · 02 Favors, passive & causative

〜てあげる: do for someone

N4 · 02 Favors, passive & causative

Does something for another person's benefit.

Verb te-form + あげる. The doer is the subject. Toward superiors it sounds condescending; use 〜てさしあげる or avoid it. Often the favor is left unsaid.

Examples

友達ともだちに傘かさを貸かしてあげた。

I lent my friend an umbrella.

弟おとうとに宿題しゅくだいを教おしえてあげます。

I will help my younger brother with his homework.