mitsukeru

From Lesson 172:Family members·Japanese

Usages of mitsukeru

おや を つけました。oya o mitsukemashita.
He found his parents.
ちち は ふるい がみ を つけた。chichi wa furui tegami o mitsuketa.
My father found an old letter.
かならず こたえ を つけます。kanarazu kotae o mitsukemasu.
(You) will definitely find the answer.
たい は かわ で つけました。shitai wa kawa de mitsukemashita.
(I) found the corpse in the river.
さんちゅう に うつくしい はなばな を つけました。sanpochuu ni utsukushii hanabana o mitsukemashita.
I found beautiful flowers while walking.
ふるい マッチばこ を つけました。furui matchibako o mitsukemashita.
I found an old matchbox.

The h-sound in はこ changes into a b-sound because of rendaku, an irregular phenomenon where the initial letter of the second part of a compound word can become voiced.

びょう の げんいん を つけること が じゅうよう です。byouki no genin o mitsukerukoto ga juuyou desu.
Finding the cause of the illness is important.

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