Please can somebody tell me how tsukerarete is being used in this sentence?
最近は誰かにつけられてる様な気もしてきた
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"recently I get the feeling that I'm being followed" ? I'm not confident of my understanding though. – Flaw♦ Mar 12 '16 at 3:48
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I thought so. But can you tell me why tsukerareteru means being followed in this sentence? Normally, it means to stick or to apply, right? – shishou Mar 12 '16 at 3:52
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well if you stick close to someone, that's not entirely unlike following. – Flaw♦ Mar 12 '16 at 4:06
つける can mean a detective or a maniac/stalker is following someone on the street. つけられる is its passive form. So,
最近は誰かにつけられてる様な気もしてきた
can translate to
I'm even suspecting someone might be following me on the street
FYI, in a racing (marathon, horse race, F1 race or even election race) つける can mean someone is right behind someone else.
(Tänak is the third place finisher (at the moment.))
