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Which one of the following is correct?

>   1. いつお金を返して **くれます** か。
>   2. いつお金を返して **あげます** か。
>

And what's the difference?
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word-choice subsidiary-verbs giving-and-receiving
〜てくれますか or 〜てあげますか
This is typically covered pretty well in Japanese textbooks, but here's the
rough explanation:

Any time you talk about an exchange between two people, there is an implied
social standing. In a company, this is just the organisational hierarchy (with
people who are at the same level as you being "higher" than you), in other
social situations it might be something like "you < your family < everyone
else". Sometimes, this is shown as concentric circles, starting at you and
radiating outwards to encompass people only tangentially associated with you
(note that 99% of the time you are the bottom of the list).

If the exchange is going up in this hierarchy (e.g. you are giving something
to or doing something for your boss), you use あげる. If the exchange is coming
down the hierarchy (e.g. your mother's friend gave her something), you use
くれる. The ～てあげる and ～てくれる forms are just used when the thing being "given" is
an action, rather than a thing (i.e. doing something for someone).
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If you want to say "When will you pay me back the money?", you can say
いつお金を返して **くれ** ますか.

いつお金を返して **あげ** ますか would mean "When will you pay back the money (to someone
_other than me_ )".
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'Which one is correct' may not a proper question. They are used in different
conditions.

[By JEES
guide](https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=yiYUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B+%E3%81%82%E3%81%92%E3%82%8B+%E9%81%95%E3%81%84),
Basically 「あげる」has meaning "give", but when objective is 'our man', it becomes
to「くれる」. (Those 'our man' means me or my sided ones, such as my family, my
workers, my friends, etc)

So,

  1. いつお金を返してくれますか means 'When will you give my/my friend's/etc money back?'
  2. いつお金を返してあげますか means 'When will you give him/her/etc(anyone not my side) money back?'

If you let me know the context of this conversation, then it could make a
clear correct/incorrect one.
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