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〜てくださる: kindly do for me

N2 · 12 Honorific and humble set forms

Honorific version of 〜てくれる: someone of higher status does a favor.

Te-form + くださる. The masu form is くださいます (not くださります). The doer is respected, the receiver is you. Compare 〜ていただく, in which you are the subject.

Examples

先生せんせいが丁寧ていねいに説明せつめいしてくださいました。

The teacher kindly explained it to us carefully.

部長ぶちょうが新入しんにゅう社員しゃいんを食事しょくじに連つれていってくださった。

The department manager kindly took the new employees out for a meal.