Structure
Verb［ます］+ たて
Verb［ます］+ たて + の + Noun
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About たて
たて, coming from the verb 立てる 'to stand' is a suffix in Japanese that is often used after the conjunctive form of verbs. たて conveys that something has 'just been finished', or is 'freshly finished'.
As a suffix, たて transforms verbs into nouns. This means that they may be followed by a (B) phrase, or followed directly by the case marking particle の and a noun.
As a suffix, たて transforms verbs into nouns. This means that they may be followed by a (B) phrase, or followed directly by the case marking particle の and a noun.
- ここにあるのは全部揚げたてですよ。Everything here is freshly fried.
- 釣りたてだから新鮮だよ！It is just fished up, so it is fresh!
- 私は出来立てのパンを食べるのが大好きです。I like to eat freshly baked bread.
- 生まれたての赤ちゃんっておさるさんみたいじゃない？Don't newborn babies look like monkeys?
Fun Fact
たて is a suffix that is used to convey the moment in time directly after something has been finished, rather than the fact that it 'is' finished. Due to this, たて is most frequently used with verbs that indicate some sense of time based importance, where (A) will degrade in quality over time after completion.- 取り立ての野菜で作るサラダは美味しい。Making salad with freshly picked vegetables is delicious.
- この靴は濡れたてだから、乾かすのに少し時間がかかると思う。These shoes got freshly wet, so it will take some time to dry.
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釣りたての魚を食べるのは最高！
Eating freshly caught fish is the best!
このベンチはペンキ塗りたてのため、気を付けてください。
This bench has been freshly painted, so please be careful.
この魚は焼きたてです。
This fish has been freshly cooked.
できたてのお菓子を食べたのは初めてだ。
It's my first time eating freshly made sweets.
この農場は毎日、産みたての卵を出荷する。
This farm is shipping freshly laid eggs every day.
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たて – Grammar Discussion
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fjdksleiwoqp
Saw this sample sentence for another point:
やっぱりご飯は炊き上がったばかりのに限るね。
Would it be natural to rephrase with 炊きたて?
やっぱりご飯は炊きたてのに限るね。
Daru
Nuance would be a tad different, 炊き上がった has the ‘made to completion’ nuance, so it feels more intentional as if you cooked it or as if it was cooked for you, whereas 炊きたて simply states that it’s freshly made as if you’ve had bought it at a store.
But for practical matters, it seems a pretty natural replacement!
fjdksleiwoqp
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification on nuance! This is the kind of stuff I can’t learn anywhere else
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