Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
てけよ
teke yo
Description
「てけよ」は「〜て行けよ」を短くした、とてもくだけた話し方です。
"てけよ" is a very casual way of shortening "〜て行けよ".
友だちに「これ、持ってけよ」のように、何かをするようにすすめたり言ったりするときに使います。
It is used when encouraging or telling a friend to do something, like "これ、持ってけよ."
Meanings
てけよteke yo
casual command: go and do; take it along
これ、持ってけよ。
Here, take this.
てけよteke yo
informal urging: hurry up and go
早く行ってけよ、遅れるぞ。
Hurry up and go, you'll be late.
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Notes
- Form
てけよ = ~て + 行く(iku→ke, contracted) + 行け imperative + emphatic particle よ.
- Nuance
Very casual, masculine/rough speech; softens or emphasizes a command among close friends only.
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