hai wakarimashita poketto (pocket) ni okane wo ireru = i put / will put money in pocket.
poketto ni okane ga hairu = money is in pocket??? desu ka poketto ni okane ga irete arimasu = money has been put in pocket (if i put money can i use this to tell to someone? is someone has put money in pocket how i should i say that there is money in pocket) poketto ni okane ga haitte imasu = money has been put in pocket ??? --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "RICHARD W WILCOX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although denki can mean electricity, it looks like you are referring to lights, which is also denki. > > First maybe we should address the difference between tsuku and tsukeru. > denki ga tsuku means a light comes on. > denki o tsukeru means to turn on a light. > > The -te imasu form of verbs indicates a current state. So, denki ga tsuite imasu means a light is on. For an action verb, it indicates currently doing: > hashite imasu - running > tabete imasu - eating > But for a state of being verb, such as tsuku, it indicates the current state: > tsuite imasen - not on > haite imasu - in (within) > > I've only heard the -te arimasu form a little, so I'm not sure that I can explain it well, but I think it means in the state of having been done. So denki ga tsukete arimasu would indicate the lights have been turned on, I think. But -te arimasu is not used much. > > So you would use o with tsukete imasu: denki o tsukete imasu, meaning turning on a light. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "jun_indo_no_otoko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:04:53 -0000 > Subject: [Japanese_Language] Re: transitive and intransitive verbs (donataka setsumei shite kudasai) > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > denki ga tsuku, denki wo tsukeru------ as such what this japanese > > > sentences mean in english? > > > > ga is a topic marker and wo is a direct object marker. > > > > > denki ga tsuku > > > > the electricity is on. > > > > > denki wo tsukeru > > > > turning on the electricity. > > > > hope that helps > > hai arigatou gozaimasu > > denki ga tsuite imasu > denki ga tsukete arimasu > > ue ni aru bun wo setsumei shite kudasai > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
