Lesson18:～ておく /～te oku /to do something in preparation for something
Audio
Dialog
男：ねえねえ聞いた？
女：なにを？
男：大きな地震が来るそうよ
女：じゃあ準備しないとね
男：非常食と懐中電灯を準備しておくね。
女：私はたくさん食べておくね。
M:Did you hear the news?
F:What?
M:I hear big earthquake may happen.
F:so we must prepare for it.
M:I prepare emergency foods and a flashlight for it.
F:I prepare eat a lot for it.
Grammar explaination
You can use “～ておく” when you want to say ” do something in preparation for something”.
Verb te form + おく means ” an action perfromed in preparation for something, doing in advance for something.
■The patterns is below:
てform +おく
Example sentences
(明日試験だから）勉強しておく。
I will study ( for test).
旅行のための新しいかばんを買っておく。
I will buy new bag for travel .
家でパーティーをするので準備をしておきます。
I will prepare for party.
Vocabularies
地震(earthquake)
準備する(to prepare)
非常食(emergency food)
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