Word
荷物 に テープ を 貼った。nimotsu ni teepu o hatta.
Meaning
I put tape on the package.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of nimotsu ni teepu o hatta.
をo
direct object particle
にni
target particle
荷物nimotsu
package
貼るharu
to stick
Questions & Answers about nimotsu ni teepu o hatta.
How do you read this sentence?
荷物にテープを貼った。 is read:
にもつ に テープ を はった。
- 荷物 = にもつ
- テープ = テープ
- 貼った = はった
What does 貼った mean here?
貼った is the plain past form of 貼る（はる）, which means to stick, to paste, or to attach something onto a surface.
So 貼った means stuck, pasted, or attached.
In this sentence, it means that tape was stuck onto the package/luggage.
Why is 荷物 followed by に?
With 貼る, the particle に marks the place or surface that something is attached to.
So in:
荷物にテープを貼った
- 荷物に = onto the package / on the luggage
- テープを = the tape
- 貼った = stuck
A good way to think of it is:
- を = the thing being attached
- に = the target surface
