Although denki can mean electricity, it looks like you are referring to lights, which is also denki.
First maybe we should address the difference between tsuku and tsukeru. denki ga tsuku means a light comes on. denki o tsukeru means to turn on a light. The -te imasu form of verbs indicates a current state. So, denki ga tsuite imasu means a light is on. For an action verb, it indicates currently doing: hashite imasu - running tabete imasu - eating But for a state of being verb, such as tsuku, it indicates the current state: tsuite imasen - not on haite imasu - in (within) I've only heard the -te arimasu form a little, so I'm not sure that I can explain it well, but I think it means in the state of having been done. So denki ga tsukete arimasu would indicate the lights have been turned on, I think. But -te arimasu is not used much. So you would use o with tsukete imasu: denki o tsukete imasu, meaning turning on a light. -----Original Message----- From: "jun_indo_no_otoko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:04:53 -0000 Subject: [Japanese_Language] Re: transitive and intransitive verbs (donataka setsumei shite kudasai) --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > denki ga tsuku, denki wo tsukeru------ as such what this japanese > > sentences mean in english? > > ga is a topic marker and wo is a direct object marker. > > > denki ga tsuku > > the electricity is on. > > > denki wo tsukeru > > turning on the electricity. > > hope that helps hai arigatou gozaimasu denki ga tsuite imasu denki ga tsukete arimasu ue ni aru bun wo setsumei shite kudasai Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
