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This sentence here: "なっ…　お前おちょくっとるのか！？ I didn't understand おちょくっとる, is it a form of the verb おちょくる? What is the meaning in this sentence? Thanks.

I recently started playing Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! in Japanese, and I have seen this grammar come up a few times. Most recently in the following dialog. この　ポケモンジムは　閉まっとる To me it seems as if the ...

When someone says: chotto matte te, why does the te mean "... and I'll be back shortly". What's the logic behind it? Why aren't there special expressions such as chotto matte X, where X could mean "...

What is a subsidiary verb? Could one explain it and give some examples of its application?

Here is a sentence that I came across in Yotsuba, 恵那が結婚して出て行く時に使おうと思ってたんだ. I believe the English translation would be something like, "When Ena (恵那) gets married and leaves, I think I'll use this. I ...

In the following sentence: 誰｛だれ｝探｛さが｝してんの What is the grammatical reason for 探｛さが｝す to be used in て-form before ん?

I'm reading a children's book (no kanji) and the sentence is: いどうはんばいしゃは、　みんなが　だいすきな　たべものを　うってるよ。 From the context, I figure it means: The mobile catering guy everyones favourite food selling (...

It is in a sentence said by an old man who is speaking to a group of children. おめえらはだまっとれ！ I think it should be an imperative form of 「黙る」 but I found, in an online dictionary, that the form is ...

昨日｛きのう｝も全然｛ぜんぜん｝寝｛ね｝てない。* Yesterday I didn't sleep at all. Is it 寝る　in て-form followed by ある in negative form? Or a contraction of 寝ていない? Also, why is it not in past form? I thought one should say: ...

I'm working through translating となりのトトロ and I was doing ok until the Nanny starts talking. Going through her sentences and translating them piece by piece is an exercise in extreme patience. I find ...

I couldn't understand 入ってなかった, what verb is it after 入って? で、帰ったときに携帯はかばんに入ってなかっただろう？

I want to know if my understanding of the term やっちまった is correct. Could you please help me out? The word used is やっちまった, this is the past form of やっちまう which means "to do something one regrets". It ...

Tweet: 長い休みの間に中１長男が朝ごはんを作ってくれるようになり最近は「今日は何がいい？」なんて聞いてきて（オイオイ新妻かよぉ〜！）とかニヤニヤしてたら今朝寝坊して慌てて出掛けようとする私に「ひと口だけでも食べてけば！」と焼き立てのホットケーキを口の中に放り込んできて普通にお母さんでした My attempt to understand: As for the recent days ...

I am trying to learn a lot by reading, but I am having a lot of trouble with this phrase/sentence: どうなちきつたんだよオ Now, this is from a manga (Akira, specifically) so I'm guessing it's some kind of ...

I just learned about this construction as detailed here. Wondering if I have it right. I understand that one use case is when what comes after the て-form verb describes a feeling, so I assume 欲しい ...