Using adjective's て form as “and”

Question

I know that your can connect to adjectives with the て form, for example,

僕の彼女は美しくて優しいです。 My girfriend is beautiful and kind

but can you follow that て with a continuation of the sentence, for example,

僕の彼女は美しくて僕が醜いなのに、僕が好きです。 My girlfriend is beautiful, and despite my being ugly, she likes me.

醜い is an I-adj, you don't need to put な after it. 僕が seems redundant for me... — Dekiru, Jun 29 '17 at 5:08
By the way, Japanese speakers often use a meaningless ～のこと to mark the nominative object of 好き. It serves as a grammatical marker of objecthood. — snailcar♦, Jun 29 '17 at 5:17

Yuuichi Tam · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-29 06:32:38Z

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Yes, you can. For example, 彼女は優しくて、彼女の母も優しいのに、僕は彼女とは結婚したくない. However you may omit て.

And 僕の彼女は美しくて僕は醜いのに、彼女は僕(のこと)が好きです would be more natural.

answered Jun 29 '17 at 6:05

Yuuichi Tam

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For your examples... Is the saying "My girlfriend is kind, and even though her mother is also kind... I wouldn't want to marry her." the same with "Even though my girlfriend is kind and her mother is also kind, I wouldn't want to marry her."? My point is that does the のに also cover the first sentence [僕の彼女は美しい] [今日は雨が降っている] [彼女は優しい]? – Dekiru Jun 29 '17 at 6:47
@Dekiru Yes, it does. – Yuuichi Tam Jun 29 '17 at 6:56

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