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〜とく・〜どく: do in advance (casual)

N4 · 08 Te-form helpers & contractions

Casual form of 〜ておく, meaning to do something beforehand.

Te-form 〜て → 〜とく, 〜で → 〜どく: 買っとく, 読んどく. Used in speech. 〜といて is the te-form, and the polite is 〜ておきます. Used in conversation to say you prepared something for later.

Examples

Wait a moment. I will book it ahead.

I will leave a note here, so take a look.

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