ISORI

〜たて

JLPT N3:

freshly

"Freshly X-ed": something has only just been made or done, so it is fresh or new.

How to form it

  • Start from the ます form and replace ます with たて: 焼(や)きます becomes 焼(や)きたて (freshly baked).
  • It works like a noun: 焼(や)きたてのパン (freshly baked bread).

Examples

焼(や)きたてのパンはおいしい。

Freshly baked bread is delicious.

炊(た)きたてのご飯(はん)を食(た)べた。

I ate freshly cooked rice.

Notes

  • It goes with a limited set of verbs, mostly about food or new things: 焼(や)きたて, 炊(た)きたて, できたて, 塗(ぬ)りたて (wet paint).

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