Agemasu & Moraimasu
Agemasu (Give) & Moraimasu (Take / Receive)
Give a pen
Pen o (ageru)agemasu (Normal Form)
Pen o sashi agemasu (Polite Form)
Tony has given a pen to Michael – Toni san wa, Maikeru san ni pen o agemashita
Receive a pen
Pen o (morau)moraimasu (Normal Form)
Pen o kuremasu (Impolite Form)
Pen o itadakimasu (Polite Form)
Michael has received a pen from Tony – Maikeru san wa Toni san kara(ni) pen o moraimashita
Polite form is normally use when you are giving or receiving something to / from someone who you should respect (ie. Teacher, Boss, etc)
July 30th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Small spelling mistake – “im”polite
July 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Hi Vijay,
Thanks for pointing out the typo mistake.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
The tricky part is when you want to say “who” is involved by adding a ni connection and possibly wa . Can you go over those and the meanings?
March 14th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
You use “ni” because it is a direction. You are giving in “a direction”, “towards” someone. “Wa” is simply the subject market.
ie. Sara-san wa Jodie-san ni pen o agemasu.
Sara-san is doing the action to giving a pen towards Jodie-san.
Hope this helps a bit.