Word
セットアップ が 終わった。settoappu ga owatta.
Meaning
The game setup is finished.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of settoappu ga owatta.
がga
subject particle
終わるowaru
to finish
セットアップsettoappu
setup; game setup
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Questions & Answers about settoappu ga owatta.
What does セットアップ mean here, and why is it written in katakana?
セットアップ is a loanword from English setup. In Japanese, katakana is commonly used for foreign loanwords, especially in technology, business, and computing.
In this sentence, セットアップ usually means something like:
- software installation/setup
- device configuration
- system setup
- getting something ready for use
So it sounds very natural in a technical context.
Why is there a が after セットアップ?
が marks the thing that ended / finished.
The verb here is 終わる, which means to end or to be finished. Since 終わる is an intransitive verb, the thing that finishes is marked with が.
So:
- セットアップが終わった = The setup finished = The setup is done = Setup has ended
English often phrases this as I finished the setup, but Japanese may express it as the setup finished.
Why is it 終わった and not 終わりた or something else?