Japanese Language Lesson 102 つく / tsuku / turn on, come with, arrive

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Episode Transcript

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こ ん に ち は、 ウ ェ ル ク の miki で す。 I am national certified Japanese
language instructor and specializing teaching Japanese
to global corporate employees today、 we exploring one of the
most important basic Japanese verbs。
tuku。 this verb appears frequently in
everyday Japanese、 and has several different menings that

(00:22):
can be confusing for non native Japanese speakers the ber tuku
has many uses。 But today we've focused on three
main patterns that you re encounter、 most often these are
when something turns on like a light when furniture comes with
an apartment、 and when you arrive somewhere by the end of

(00:43):
this episode you understand thistree key uses of tuku and fair
confident、 using them in your dairy Japanese conversations
let's、 get started the burb tukuis a very common Japanese burb。
But IT can be tricky、 because IThas multiple mainings depending
on the context today we'll focuson three main uses that are

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essential for beginner and intermediate students first tuku
camin to turn on or to be on when talking about lights or
electrical devices for example、 電 気 が つ い て い る means the light
is on。 Second tuku camin to come with

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or to be included when talking about furniture or equipment。
for example？ 家 具 付 き の ア パ ー ト means a
furnished apartment or literallyan apartment that comes with
furniture third tuku camin to arrive at a destination for

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example？ 3時 に 着 く。
means to arrive at three o'clocklet's、 explore each of these
three uses in detail、 with practical examples、 the first
use is for lights and electricaldevices。
when we say 電 気 が つ い て い る women the light is currently on

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the pattern is electrical deviceが。
つ い て い る。 for something that is currently
on or electrical device が つ く。 for when something turns on you
can also say 電 気 を つ け る。 which means to turn on the

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light、 where you are The One doing the action、 the second use
is for things that comes with orare included with something
else。 家 具 付 き の ア パ ー ト means a
furnished apartment the pattern here is item 月 の main item you

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can also use the pattern main item 二 item が 付 く like ラ ン チ セ ッ
ト に デ ザ ー ト が 付 い て い る meaning。Dessert comes with a lunch set
or the lunch set includes dessert、 this is very useful

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when looking for apartments ordering food or describing what
is included in a service。 the third use is for arriving at
a place 3時 に 着 く means to arriveat three o'clock、 the pattern is
time or place 二。 Suku、 this is one of the most

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common ways to talk about arrival times in Japanese let's
look at more examples to help you understand these patterns、
better and expand your vocabulary for lights and
electrical devices。 you might hear エ ア コ ン が つ い て い
る。 meaning、 the air conditioner is

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on。 テ レ ビ が つ か な い。
meaning、 the TV、 wont、 turn on or 電 気 が つ い た。
meaning the light turned on for things that comes with something
else you might see 駐 車 場 付 き の マン シ ョ ン。

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Manning an apartment with a parking space 朝 食 付 き の ホ テ ル。
Meaning a hotel that includes a breakfast or デ ザ ー ト 付 き の ラ ン チ
セ ッ ト。 meaning a lunch set that
includes dessert for arriving you might say 駅 に 着 い た meaning

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I arrived at the station 家 に 着 く前 に meaning before arriving
home。 Or 会 社 に 着 く の が 遅 れ た。
meaning I was late arriving at the Office remember that this
patterns use different particlesand grammar structures for

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electrical devices being on we use ga for thing that come with
something we use special form tsuki for arriving we use need
to show the destination。 Understanding this patterns will
help you use tuk correctly in different situations let's

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practice。 translating these English
sentences into Japanese using tuku I'll。
give you the English sentence then post for you to think about
IT。 and then share the Japanese
translation one the bedroom light is on so please turn IT
off。 寝 室 の 電 気 が つ い て い る の で 消 し て

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く だ さ い。 寝 室 の 電 気 が つ い て い る の で 消 し て
く だ さ い。 too I found a finished apartment
in the station 駅 の 近 く で 家 具 付 きの ア パ ー ト を 見 つ け ま し た。

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駅 の 近 く で 家 具 付 き の ア パ ー ト を 見 つ け ま し た。
three what time will you arrive at the airport tomorrow。
明 日、 空 港 に 何 時 に 着 き ま す か？ 明 日 空 港 に 何 時 に 着 き ま す か？

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that's all for today's episode when you order something online
and IT doesn't arrive on time you might need to call and say す
み ま せ ん。 今 日 午 前 中 に 着 く 予 定 の 荷 物 が ま だ
着 か な い ん で す が meaning excuse me the package、 that was
supposed to arrive this morning hasn't arrived yet。

(07:51):
Practice saying this move this so you'll be ready when you need
IT す み ま せ ん。 今 日 午 前 中 に 着 く 予 定 の 荷 物 が ま だ
着 か な い ん で す が、 今 日 も 日 本 語 キ ャン デ ィ を 聞 い て い た だ い て あ り が と
う ご ざ い ま し た。 on patrium there's a free

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