Internet and apps
Collocations, Stage 4chunk 12 of 25Phone, photos & screens
Getting online and what you do there: looking things up, connection and signal trouble, and putting apps on your phone.
- netto de shiraberulook something up online
- netto ga tsunagaruthe internet connects, works
- denpa ga waruibad signal, poor reception
- apuri o ireruinstall an app, get an app
Mix-ups netto de shiraberu (look things up, de for the means) vs netto ga tsunagaru (the net connects, ga). Phone signal is denpa, not shingou, and apuri o ireru uses the same 'put in' ireru as dengen o ireru.
netto de shiraberu
polite netto de shirabemasulook something up online
ネットで調べる ネットでしらべる ネットで調べます
verbshiraberu 調べるlook into, check, look uptypical 5% of netto
Said about checking facts, words and places online, often as an offer or a report: netto de shirabete miru (I'll look it up online), netto de shirabeta kedo wakannakatta (I looked it up but couldn't work it out). The de stays even in casual speech.
chotto netto de shirabete miru.
Let me look it up online.
ちょっとネットで調べてみる。
chotto netto de shirabete mimasu.
Let me look it up online.
ちょっとネットで調べてみます。
o marks what you look up (netto de imi o shiraberu), and netto o shiraberu (search the net) is fine too. To find something like a shop or a flat, the verb is sagasu: netto de sagasu. guguru (google it) is the casual verb: gugutte mita.
Same verb: sumaho (phone), jisho (dictionary), guuguru (Google)Main list: sagasu (Stage 2), -te miru (Stage 1)
netto ga tsunagaru
polite netto ga tsunagarimasuthe internet connects, works
ネットがつながる ネットがつながります
verbtsunagaru つながるbe connected, be linkedtypical 5% of netto
trap Not hataraku or ugoku: 'the Wi-Fi isn't working' is netto ga tsunagaranai ('doesn't connect'); ugokanai is for a frozen app or device.
Said mostly in the negative when Wi-Fi fails: netto tsunagaranai (the internet isn't working). The same verb covers a call going through: denwa tsunagaranai.
nanka netto tsunagaranai n da kedo.
The internet's not working for some reason.
なんかネットつながらないんだけど。
nanka netto ga tsunagaranai n desu kedo.
The internet's not working for some reason.
なんかネットがつながらないんですけど。
Transitive half: netto ni tsunagu (connect to the internet). Slow internet is netto ga omoi ('heavy'): kyou netto omoi ne. Asking about Wi-Fi: koko waifai tonderu? (tobu 'fly', casual).
Same verb: waifai (Wi-Fi), denwa (phone call)
denpa ga warui
polite denpa ga warui desubad signal, poor reception
電波が悪い でんぱがわるい 電波が悪いです
adjectivewarui 悪いbad; poor (quality, condition)typical 11% of denpa
trap Not shingou: phone signal is denpa ('radio waves'); shingou is a traffic light.
Said when calls break up or pages won't load, usually without ga: koko denpa warui ne (the signal's bad here). On a call it comes as an apology: gomen, denpa warukute kikoenai (sorry, bad signal, I can't hear you).
koko, denpa warui ne.
The signal's bad here, huh?
ここ、電波悪いね。
koko wa denpa ga warui desu ne.
The signal's bad here, isn't it?
ここは電波が悪いですね。
A weak signal is denpa ga yowai; no signal at all is usually denpa hairanai, also denpa nai or kengai (out of range).
Same adjective: tsunagari (connection), oto (sound, on a call), gashitsu (picture quality)Main list: warui (Stage 1), hairu (Stage 1)
apuri o ireru
polite apuri o iremasuinstall an app, get an app
アプリを入れる アプリをいれる アプリを入れます
verbireru 入れるput in; install (an app, software)
trap Not apuri o morau: English 'get the app' pulls toward morau, which sounds like someone handed it to you. Putting it on your phone is ireru ('put in').
Said when recommending or setting up apps: kono apuri irete (get this app), mada irete nai (I haven't got it yet). Casual speech drops o. daunroodo suru is just as everyday (shop staff and signs use it), and younger speakers also say otosu (apuri otoshita). insutooru suru sounds more technical.
kono apuri irete mite, benri da yo.
Try getting this app, it's handy.
このアプリ入れてみて、便利だよ。
kono apuri, benri desu yo. yokattara irete mite kudasai.
This app is handy. Give it a try if you like.
このアプリ、便利ですよ。よかったら入れてみてください。
Deleting an app is apuri o kesu; updating it is appudeeto suru.
Same verb: geemu (game), sofuto (software)Main list: ireru (Stage 4), morau (Stage 2), -te miru (Stage 1)