I ask here my question because I couldn't find anything on internet. My problem is about 〜くて form for a verb. I asked to a japanese friend what does mean "会いたくて" for example. She told me that there is a complicated nuance behind that... It means "I want to meet you (but I can't)" I didn't have the opportunity to ask again so I ask here... Does someone explain me the using of 〜くて ? I'm so confused (>_<) Especially with the form which express the desire like "食べたい" → "食べたくて" Thank you in advance !
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～くて is not an ending for a verb, it is the ~て form of an i-adjective. In your case the i-adjective formed by the verb 会う + the ending ～たい, where the ending ～たい is translated as "to want to". The ～て form of a verb, adjective or noun is used as a connective, which can sometimes be translated simply as "and", but sometimes this "and" can be interpreted to give a reason for what follows. In your case E.g.
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Was there an ellipsis character (as opposed to linguistic ellipsis as pointed out by @user1205935) after the If there was a "but" before it etc, e.g. (I think I also often see this usage of Edit: Tried to make things a bit clearer. |
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Well, such a form has several meanings depending on the case. I am going to provide a brief overview, but it can be helpful. The pattern is always the same:
I am going to provide a direct answer for the specific case pointed out in the question, then, considering that you wanted a generic explanation about the 〜くて form, I am going to post more cases. In your specific case...In your case you have a sentence where the 〜たい form is applied. Such a form has the following pattern:
And is used to express will, intention. For example:
Please note that the 〜たい form turns your verb into an い-Adjective. After this, you apply the 〜くて pattern to the verb/adjective and get the 〜くて form. So what is the meaning? Among the possible ones, one is the one reported below. 〜くて as a conjunctionWhen used for い-Adjectives, the following pattern:
Can be used to put together some sentences. For example:
You can make concatenation of adjectives using this pattern. About your answer...last option I showed in this post (some sort of ellipsis as someone else described before):
For a better comprehension, post the full sentence. Other meanings associated to the 〜くて form...I promised since you asked for a generic answer. Below I listed some other meanings of the 〜くて form. In spoken Japanese, used to leave a certain "negation"-like feeling in the airIt is used very often in spoken language and in conversations. Consider the following example where 笑{えみ}子{こ}, a woman working in a shop, is apologizing because she picked the wrong color for a t-shirt a client wanted to check:
As you can see, Emiko thought one thing, but the problem turned out being a completely different one. Consider this different situation:
Daddy thought his son needed a new bag, but the son told him that it was not necessary. In these kinds of situation, when you want to express a little disappointment and embarass for something not necessary, you use this form. To express the cause for something that happenedYou can use the same pattern in order to point out the cause for a certain event to happen. However this form can only be used for verbs in negative forms. Pattern is:
Consider the following example:
The previous is not a sentence really used a lot in spoken language, to say sorry for being late Japanese use other forms, but sometimes kids use that. Consider this example as well:
Or this:
To express something like: "no need of..."The pattern is the following:
But Japanese people, only in common conversations and where all people are at the same level (so no boss, no section manager and so on...), do tend to drop も from 〜くても, so the pattern can also be:
Where も in square brackets means: optional. The meaning of this pattern is: "No need of...". Consider the following example.
When the sentence is "いいです", so we have the following pattern:
The meaning is: "No need...". Consider the following example:
Or this example:
Or this as well:
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