Thursday, November 2, 2017

型 As a Suffix

The word 型 can be added to a noun or a select few adjectives to function as something meaning "style", "type", "model", "design", or other similar words. It reads as がた when used as a suffix like this.

ドラえもんは、実はネコ型ロボットなんです。知っていましたか?
Doraemon is really just a cat-type robot. Did you know that?

妹の誕生日に ドラゴン型の毛布作ってあげたんだ。
I made my little sister a dragon-pattern blanket for her birthday.

父は1950年型のキャデラックのクラシックカーを持っています。
My dad has a 1950 style classic Cadillac car.

毎日学校でリーさんは車型の弁当を持っている。
Every day at school, Lee-san has a car-shaped bento.

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