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When I went home yesterday, my mother made me some tea.
[WRONG] 昨日、家に帰れば、母がお茶を淹れてくれた (ば conditional may not be used as it is single factual event, 帰ると/帰ったら is OK)
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Vocabulary list

kinou
noun, adverb
  1. yesterday
ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kaeru

Conditional Present Indicative Form

kaettara
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
  2. to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.)
  3. to get home; to get to home plate
haha
noun
  1. mother (かか was used by children)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
ochawoireru

te-form

ochawoirete
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to make tea
ocha
noun
  1. tea (usu. green)
  2. tea break (at work)
  3. tea ceremony
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
ireru

te-form

irete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
kureru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kureta
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for one; to take the trouble to do (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to do to someone's disadvantage (after the -te form of a verb)

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