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Need a quick answer to a question! - Ryuujin27 - 2009-07-31
I'm going crazy trying to find the meaning to this word!
The word is しとく, it's a verb, because I saw it conjugated as しとこう, as in the sentence fragment: 12:30時にしとこう!
What is the meaning of しとく？ I can't find it on my computer's dictionary, my 電子辞書, or using google and rikaichan.
Any ideas?
Need a quick answer to a question! - Asriel - 2009-07-31
It's an abbreviation of "して おく” which is the てーform of "する” and おく.
So it's kind of like, to do something in advance or in preparation for something.
Maybe for a party you could say
パーティーの準備を１２時にしておこう！
if the party starts at like 1 or something.
Need a quick answer to a question! - Ryuujin27 - 2009-07-31
So say I was planning to go somewhere with a friend. And we were deciding a time to meet, then they said "じゃあ、12:30時にしとこう"
Does that mean that there is a plan to meet there at that time, or plan to leave for there at that time?
(thanks for the quick reply, by the way!)
Need a quick answer to a question! - Tobberoth - 2009-07-31
Ryuujin27 Wrote:So say I was planning to go somewhere with a friend. And we were deciding a time to meet, then they said "じゃあ、12:30時にしとこう"Could be either, しておく doesn't imply which of the two. It's like "Let's say 12:30" in English, depends on context what you mean.
Does that mean that there is a plan to meet there at that time, or plan to leave for there at that time?
(thanks for the quick reply, by the way!)
Need a quick answer to a question! - Ryuujin27 - 2009-07-31
Ah, ok then. Thanks for the info!