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109 questions linked to/from When is Vている the continuation of action and when is it the continuation of state?
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Te-form beginner question [duplicate]
いもうとは東京に行っています。
How can I discover the meaning of this sentence? I'm studying the te-form and I'm a little bit confused. The correct translation will be:
My little sister is in Tokyo (she´s ...
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Why is it 入っている not 入れてある [duplicate]
I was wondering about this expression 入っている for something being inside. I always wondered about it, since it literally should mean being in the process of entering.. It would make more sense to me if ...
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食べていました meaning "Have eaten" or "Just ate" [duplicate]
I know that the te imashita is the past progressive, yet when asking if my japanese friend had eaten, she often replies with tabetenakatta, and my teacher says the te iru form can also mean " Have ...
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What does 'もう、家に帰っている。' mean? [duplicate]
I always considered the form て＋いる as the expression of an ongoing action, but recently I read an article that it can be read as succession of the て form verb and the verb いる. Then, 'もう、家に帰っている。' would ...
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Why is it [名前を書いたつもりだったが、**書いていなかった**ようだ。] and not just 書かなかった? [duplicate]
What does the 'contuative' form add to the meaning in the sentence?
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Japanese Past Progressive? [duplicate]
《アパート『へ』帰る『と』ハガキ『が』一枚届いていた…》
In that sentence, why is the verb using the past progressive form?
届いていた=〜て+いた right? Does it mean that the letter was being delivered when he got to this apartment?
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If Vて+いる isn't a gerund, then what is it?
I always thought that a verb ending in the て form along with the いる suffix was the English equivelent of the "ing" form of a verb.
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see = 見{み}る, seeing = 見{み}ている
do = する, doing = している
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How do I express sentences like: He is dying?
For instance, "He is eating" is "Kare wa tabete iru". However, "He is dying" is not "Kare wa shinde iru". Another example is "He is going to Japan" is not "Kare wa nihon ni itte iru". So if I can't ...
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Stative verbs: ～ている vs ～てある vs ～（ら）れる
I'm not sure if I'm wording this properly, but I want to know the nuances of these "stative" type verb forms that act kind of like adjectives.
For example, you could describe an open window with any ...
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What's the grammar of て-form + いて?
The いて I'm referring to is in the last line of the lyrics of a song called Don't you see!:
私をつかまえていて
So apparently つかまえて is the て-form of つかまえる. But why is there a いて at the end?
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What's the progressive form of 来る, 帰る and 行く
If the ている form of these verbs doesn't mean that they're in a continuing action then what do they mean?
Q1 How do I use the ている form of these verbs.
Q2 What's the difference between using the past ...
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How close are なりつつある and なっている?
語学学習は私の新しい習慣の一部になりつつあるのでしょうか？
"Is learning languages becoming a part of my new daily routine?"
なりつつある here seems similar to なっている... are they often interchangeable? Would I be able to ...
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Ai oboete imasu ka, what does "imasu" add here?
"Ai oboete imasu ka" is translated as "Do you remember love?", now Ai is love, oboete is remember and ka is the question marker, why do you need to add "imasu" to this phrase?
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Is 寝る a stative or active verb?
Looking at past questions I am still confused about the answers given:
The answer to this post suggests that 寝る is a continuation of some state.
昨日も全然寝てない。
Yesterday I didn't sleep at all.
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Is there a distinction between ‘did" and "have done" in Japanese?
According to internet sources and my Chinese friend living in Japan, there isn't. However, can someone provide more evidence on this issue? If there is no grammatical distinction, how can we ...
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