K KabutoTX Registered Joined 15 Feb 2023 Messages 7 Reaction score 4 15 Feb 2023 #1 Ran across 買っとこ today. I assume this is a shortened たところ or maybe ているところ?
Majestic 先輩 Ten-year veteran Joined 12 Oct 2013 Messages 4,071 Reaction score 5,023 15 Feb 2023 #2 Hard to say without the context, but probably a contraction of 買っておこう. JLPT N4 Grammar: ておく (te oku) Meaning – JLPTsensei.com Learn Japanese grammar: (te oku). Meaning: to do something in advance. This may also be used as: ておきます (te okimasu). ておいて (te oite). jlptsensei.com When used colloquially, it shortens to 買っとこ
Hard to say without the context, but probably a contraction of 買っておこう. JLPT N4 Grammar: ておく (te oku) Meaning – JLPTsensei.com Learn Japanese grammar: (te oku). Meaning: to do something in advance. This may also be used as: ておきます (te okimasu). ておいて (te oite). jlptsensei.com When used colloquially, it shortens to 買っとこ
K KabutoTX Registered Joined 15 Feb 2023 Messages 7 Reaction score 4 15 Feb 2023 Thread starter #3 Yep. I was able to google that and find some examples. Thanks! That was the whole tweet. So I guess a translation would be to preorder? (to buy in advance)
Yep. I was able to google that and find some examples. Thanks! That was the whole tweet. So I guess a translation would be to preorder? (to buy in advance)
Majestic 先輩 Ten-year veteran Joined 12 Oct 2013 Messages 4,071 Reaction score 5,023 15 Feb 2023 #4 It's sort of like someone voicing their intention. "I'd better buy that" or "I'd like to buy that at some point in the future"
It's sort of like someone voicing their intention. "I'd better buy that" or "I'd like to buy that at some point in the future"
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 15 Feb 2023 #5 KabutoTX said: I guess a translation would be to preorder? (to buy in advance) Click to expand... That's right. It's "to buy in advance (for a purpose)." The volitional form, i.e., 買おう is used for the case Majestic-san mentioned.
KabutoTX said: I guess a translation would be to preorder? (to buy in advance) Click to expand... That's right. It's "to buy in advance (for a purpose)." The volitional form, i.e., 買おう is used for the case Majestic-san mentioned.