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example, when you are giving something to your younger

siblings, children, or pets, you can use yaru instead of ageru:

Kodomo ni chokorēto o

yarimashita.

I gave chocolate to my children.

For the meaning ‘to receive,’ you can use morau or its

honorific version itadaku. The receiver must be closer to the
speaker than to the giver when using these verbs. The

source of receiving is marked by the particle kara or ni.

Watashi wa chichi ni tokei o moratta.
I received a watch from my father.

Haha wa tonari no kata kara kēki o itadaita.

My mother received cakes from our next-door
neighbor.