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Verb て form + おきます
- Completion of a necessary action by a given time
- りょこう の 前に きっぷ を かって おきます。- I'll buy a ticket before
the trip
- Completion of a necessary action in readiness for the next
use or the next step
- はさみ を つかったら、 つくえ の 上に もどして おいて ください。- When you finish
using the scissors, put them back on the desk.
- Keeping the resultant state as it is.
- 明日 かいぎ に あります から、 いす は この まま に して おいて ください。- Please leave
the chairs as they are because a meeting will be held here tomorrow.
Verb てform + あります
Verb て form + あります indicates the state which results as a consequence
of an action intentionally done by someone. The verbs used here are transitive
verbs that express intentions.
Noun1 に noun2 が verb て form あります
- つくえ の 上に メモが おいてあります。- There is a memo put on that desk
In this example, it is indicated that someone put out a memo on the
desk and as a result the memo exists as it was put.
Noun2 は noun1 に verb て form あります
- メモ は どこですか。- Where is the memo?
- 「メモは」 つくえの上に おいてあります。- (The memo) has been put on the desk.
This sentence pattern is used when noun2 is taken up as a topic. Note
that verb て form + あります is also used to express the state of the result
of what somebody did for some purpose. So it can also express, as the example
below, that perparation has been done. It is often used with もう (already).
- たんじょうび の プレゼントは もう かって あります。- I have already bought the present
for her birthday.