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Do B for someone
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            あげる こと です  
My job is to help the elderly.
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宿                     あげなさい  
If you finish your homework, please help the students who haven't finished.
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                      あげる  
You are on a diet? Then I'll eat your portion for you!
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あなた          あげよう  
I will buy you a new car.
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あなた  それ     あげましょう  
I shall let you see that.
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あなた    している       あげよう  
As you are sorry, I'll forgive you.
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          あげる  
Your clothes are torn? I'll sew them for you.
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おいしくて          あげました   
I've cooked you a nice hot dinner.

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Construction
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ANoun
~
BVerb: て-form
あげる
Basic Examples:
てつだってあげる (I'll help you)

Related Expressions
あげる
てくれる
てもらう
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mysticfive
Level: 1573
(13 years ago)
this is usually used when the receiver is at the same or lower level than you; if they're above, use てげる instead.
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Level: 1
(14 years ago)
In casual speech, ~てあげる is often shortened to ~たげる.

Example: おさんにったげる (ってあげる→ったげる)
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Discussion about this grammar
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Merkaber
Level: 53

I can't remember the situation very well anymore but the sentence was like:


はおさんにんであげる。


My Japanese boss corrected me quickly by saying "んでもらう".


So what is the difference between てもらう and てあげる? I am not sure about the sentence itself, but I know what I wanted to say in that situation: "I want to make my mother happy" (in a specific situation)

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マイコー
Level: 256
てもらう is something you ask someone to do for you. てあげる is something you do for them. I feel that てもらう is closest to "I'll have you V", as in "I had my sister cook dinner".

If you want someone to do an action, you want てほしい

んでほしい

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Merkaber
Level: 53

So there is no possible sentence structure in which you can use てもらう for something you do for someone? Like:


さんはにごってもらう。 (I am the speaker)

さんはんでもらう。 (I am the speaker) rather than はおさんにんであげる。 <- sounds a little bit weird

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マイコー
Level: 256
I would say it sounds weirder from a contextual standpoint - that ぶ is not a volitional action - you don't choose to enjoy or be happy, so the idea of doing that for someone sounds a bit off.
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weboide
Level: 1
My teacher mentioned this may sound arrogant or imposing to use てあげる. For example: カレーをってあげます or ってあげます。
Is that the feeling you get from these examples too? Is it the tense that makes imposing? what if it was past tense?
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マイコー
Level: 256
Believe it or not, it simply depends on the person saying it and how they say it. It's not a very satisfying answer, but that's exactly what is said in the awesome grammar (paper) dictionary that I use. Basically, it said "if someone is not nice/friendly, it can come off as rude."

Although this is not clear cut, consider the two examples:

Someone is busy at work, and flustered. If you, in a friendly way, said "ですね、ってあげようか?", it would come off as a friendly gesture to someone in need. However, if someone who thinks highly of themselves or lowly of the busy person and says more coolly "ってあげるよ", it might sound like a "I will help you because you're incapable of doing it yourself."
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