"I gave a letter to my girlfriend."

Translation: 彼女に手紙を渡しました。

[JesseRando1]

I hope this app integrates more Kanji bc having 渡しました without the kanji can be very confusing moving forward

[PanduSarij]

Agree.. like manga in which every kanji has a small hiragana above it.

[Aelianos]

I think that's called furigana, and that would be an awesome feature to have

[JovemImortal]

Any difference about あける and this verb?

[John863934]

As far as I know, あける means to open. あげる, on the other hand, means to give, and I'm not sure what the difference is.

[KeithWong9]

あげる is like gift. So you don't say gift a letter, you say pass a letter (わたす)

[lauraglot85]

彼女に手紙を渡しました

[Brian495079]

Is the answer wrong? What is ました

[KiritsuguZFC]

It is from the verb 渡す(わたす), which conjugated to 渡しました. It means (among other things) " to hand over " or "to give".

[JohnyBravo158834]

Ty

[Slash513421]

To submit,to hand over,to give..

[MegaWordGuy]

What is with the "watashi" before the verb?

[JamesTWils]

Brian seems to have answered that above. I was as confused as you.

[KaterinaRuud]

It's actually a verb, わたしました. But they divided it up.

[Seattle_Scott]

わたしの彼女に手紙をあげました　was marked wrong. Is that wrong? I normally would say ガールフレンド, which is more common now in Japan, and I might not even say わたしの since it's probably assumed, but with Duo I can never tell what it wants, so I was intentionally specific.

[okdinosaurs]

No あげました? It sounds more fluent to me.

[KeithWong9]

It is not natural. 手紙を送る or 手紙を渡す is better.

[Jared842924]

If i wanted to say "wrote a letter for X "
Could あげる be used then?
For example: Xに手紙を書いてあげた

[KeithWong9]

If you say Xに手紙を書いてあげた, I would interpret as "wrote a letter to X."

To write a letter for X, Xの代（か）わりに手紙を書いた

[Dede636241]

But she's not going to read it. D:

[Bwizdam]

I think 上げました would be a better translation, no?

[KeithWong9]

No, あげる is used to give something as a present or a service. Letters are not presents. We say 手紙を書いてあげる (write a letter as a service), otherwise if it is handover the letter, it is 手紙を渡（わた）す. If it is by post, 手紙を送（おく）る

I feel more natural if we use the honorific though - 手紙を差し上げる