Is 片付きます a word?


In the first lesson of みんなの日本語初級II (lesson 26), the word 片【かた】づきます shows up as
"be put in order, tidy up." I looked in a couple of dictionaries, and can only
find 片【かた】付【づ】けます, which has the same definition.

Does the book have a typo, and is 片付けます the right spelling?




> Is 片付きます a word?

Yes.

> Does the book have a typo, and is 片付けます the right spelling?

No.

片付{かたづ}けます and 片付{かたづ}きます are two different but complementary words with the
same basic meaning. One of them, 片付{かたづ}けます is transitive and the other one,
片付{かたづ}きます, is intransitive. This difference is sometimes highlighted in
bilingual dictionaries by using a passive English voice:

  * 片付{かたづ}けます: "to put in order, to tidy up"
  * 片{かた}づきます: "to _be_ put in order, to _be_ tidied up"

Compare the difference in usage. For transitive verbs, there's an agent doing
the action and the object takes the particle を:

> 弟が部屋 **を** 片付{かたづ}けます。My younger brother puts his room in order.

On the contrary, there's no external agent for intransitive verbs, and there's
no object either, so we use them with the particle が:

> 私の部屋 **が** 片付{かたづ}いていません。 My room is not put in order. (literally, not
> tidied up).

On a side note, I think that between both words, the transitive version
片付{かたづ}けます is the one used more frequently. For the intransitive version, it's
difficult for me to find a natural example sentence that doesn't use the
negative, progressive tense, to indicate that the room is an untidy state.




> Is 片付きます a word?

Yes.

> Does the book have a typo, and is 片付けます the right spelling?

No.

片付{かたづ}けます and 片付{かたづ}きます are two different but complementary words with the
same basic meaning. One of them, 片付{かたづ}けます is transitive and the other one,
片付{かたづ}きます, is intransitive. This difference is sometimes highlighted in
bilingual dictionaries by using a passive English voice:

  * 片付{かたづ}けます: "to put in order, to tidy up"
  * 片{かた}づきます: "to _be_ put in order, to _be_ tidied up"

Compare the difference in usage. For transitive verbs, there's an agent doing
the action and the object takes the particle を:

> 弟が部屋 **を** 片付{かたづ}けます。My younger brother puts his room in order.

On the contrary, there's no external agent for intransitive verbs, and there's
no object either, so we use them with the particle が:

> 私の部屋 **が** 片付{かたづ}いていません。 My room is not put in order. (literally, not
> tidied up).

On a side note, I think that between both words, the transitive version
片付{かたづ}けます is the one used more frequently. For the intransitive version, it's
difficult for me to find a natural example sentence that doesn't use the
negative, progressive tense, to indicate that the room is an untidy state.

