父(ちち) chichiは wa、私(わたし) watashiに ni自(じ)転(てん)車(しゃ) jitenshaを o買(か)っ()て() katteくれた kureta。 My father bought me a bicycle. Literal Father [topic-は], me [to-に] bicycle [object-を] bought-for-me. 私に~を買ってくれた: に marks the recipient, を marks the object, and てくれた frames it as a favor received. A simple, clean example of the giving pattern. family~てくれる (do for me/us)
父(ちち) chichiは wa、私(わたし) watashiに ni自(じ)転(てん)車(しゃ) jitenshaを o買(か)っ()て() katteくれた kureta。 My father bought me a bicycle. Literal Father [topic-は], me [to-に] bicycle [object-を] bought-for-me. 私に~を買ってくれた: に marks the recipient, を marks the object, and てくれた frames it as a favor received. A simple, clean example of the giving pattern. family~てくれる (do for me/us)