To Stand Something Up
To Stand Up, To Erect, To Erect Something
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means "stand" and this means to stand something up or to erect something.
Don't confuse this with 立つ. 立てる means that you're standing something up. As in, "I stood up the action figure" or "I will erect the flag." You're doing the action to something else.
たてる
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You have to remember the た portion. In order to do that, think of yourself standing up a huge sign. On it, written in big words:
"ta ta (た)!"
ロウソクは、なん本立てますか？
How many candles will you put out?
このしゃしん立てを立てるためのスタンドをさがしています。
I’m looking for an easel to stand this photo frame up on.
ぼくのつくえにえんぴつを立ててくれませんか？
Could you please stand some pencils up on my desk?