Linked Questions
31 questions linked to/from て form at end of phrase but not being used for requests
0
votes
1
answer
132
views
What does Noun でして mean? [duplicate]
その鋼の心を支えるものこそ酒でして
The character in question is asking for a drink and says.
What does でして mean here?
- 1,201
1
vote
0
answers
144
views
Use わけで at the end of a sentence [duplicate]
「しかし、そうはいっても少し寂しくはありますな。やはり男たる者、空飛ぶ機動戦艦で任務をこなすという矜恃に勝るものはないわけで！<フラクシナス>には一刻も早く戦線復帰してもらいたいものでござりますな！」
I have simple question. I know the わけで is used to explain some reason. But why not use わけだ? ...
- 4,181
0
votes
0
answers
72
views
Ending a Sentence with the て form (does not seem like a request) rather it feels like an exclamation 君を超えて！ [duplicate]
In My Hero Academia, Deku declares to his opponent 君を超えて！I tried searching the other threads here, but most of the questions that asked about the te form of a verb at the end of a sentence seemed to ...
- 1
2
votes
0
answers
63
views
Finishing a sentence with て [duplicate]
来年、フルマラソンに挑戦しようと思って
Next year, I'm thinking of trying to run in a (full) marathon.
Hopefully an easy one for you all. I'm curious why this sentence ends in 'て' and not 'ている/ています'.
My (uneducated) ...
0
votes
0
answers
38
views
What does it mean if a sentence ends in て-form but it isn't a request [duplicate]
Full sentence: ジョギングをしてる時に足の筋を痛めちゃってさ。
The sentence ends with て but I don't understand what they want to achieve with that.
1
vote
0
answers
36
views
て form can be used to indicate the past? [duplicate]
i've seen a few sentences like this one:新しいコロナウイルスが広がって,which instead of た , て was used, is it an even more casual way to make the past tense?
- 11
27
votes
4
answers
6k
views
What does the final て in 待ってて signify?
In this scene a young girl, Yotsuba, drops in on her neighbors for some breakfast. The mother who's cooking breakfast says:
「今お父さんの焼いてるからその次ねー。ちょっと待っててー。」
So I guess she's preparing her husbands ...
- 5,295
11
votes
1
answer
5k
views
What exactly is this でね construction?
The following dialogue is from the video game Final Fantasy VI:
宿屋{やどや}の[親父]{おやじ}は、[余所者]{よそもの}が[嫌]{きら}いでね。
I think I understand this sentence. It means something like "the old man at the inn ...
user1478
2
votes
2
answers
4k
views
Meaning of てさ after て form
I could not find anything about it. What does it mean?
崇君は漫画ばっかり読んでてさ。
- 1,339
9
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Why is there て form at the end of the sentence? 先生もいっしょにいらっしゃらないかなと思いまして
明日みんなで桜を見に行くんですが、先生もいっしょにいらっしゃらないかなと思いまして。
Why is it there? And does it make any difference in meaning compared to dictionary form for example?
- 4,847
6
votes
1
answer
2k
views
The meaning of a て-form verb at the end of this sentence
There are many explanations of t-form at the end of the sentence on internet like:
1) Connecting to other clauses, or if there is no continuation, expressing that you want to continue.て form at end ...
- 113
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Sentence ending でな
レモン・キャンディーじゃよ。マグルの食べる甘いものじゃが、わしゃ、これが好きでな。
A lemon sweet. It's a sweet thing that muggles eat. I like this ???
I understand the concept of role language for portraying different kinds of character. ...
- 30.2k
7
votes
1
answer
600
views
でございまして in this sentence?
それが困ったことに、次はスープでございまして。
Now that I think of it, I had jotted down another sentence that looks like the same :
海外では魔女はとても人気のあるカテゴリーでしてね
Why are ございます and です conjugated that way ?
- 2,161
4
votes
1
answer
479
views
What does the progressive tense 「〜ていて」 of the 「〜ている」 form mean?
The sentence at hand:
雪がたくさん降っていて、…
My interpretation would be that 「降っていて」 is the て-form of 「降っている」, which is the ている-form of 「降る」.
Intuitively I would understand this as something like "It ...
user40476
6
votes
1
answer
375
views
Is で in 「...でおねがいします」 the "te form" of だ, or "circumstances" で particle?
For orders & requests, I notice Japanese natives often add で after the thing they want. Here's a real-life example:
客:「この桜抹茶ラッテをひとつ、お願いします。」 (Customer: I'll have one of these sakura maccha lattes ...
- 2,192
0
votes
1
answer
338
views
what does とってて mean?
それだ 隼人君達が 駅近のライブハウスとってて
sentence
I asked a native and they asnwered that とってて is
とる(取る・予約する・確保する)+ ～してて→とってて
but i am still confused does anyone understand what is going on?
- 289
0
votes
2
answers
247
views
Explanation of 「雪も降ってきて」
What does it mean to have も plus the て form and きて？A translation gives me “Now that it’s snowing...” so does するもしてきて mean “Now that it’s X...”? Or is there another meaning to it?
- 1,551
1
vote
2
answers
390
views
te-form being used two times with the same verb
I saw the following sentences in a picture (attached to the footnotes) and the way it's written exactly the same:
ありがとうございます
が溢れて溢れて
悲しくて悲しくて
人にお花を買いたいと思う気持ち。
Since it's from a social media, I ...
- 802
2
votes
1
answer
115
views
Why use 受身形 in "便利になったとはいえ、問題も残されて"?
I came across this sentence in my textbook:
便利になったとはいえ、問題も残されている。
I notice that the sentence use passive voice of "残す". Is there any reason why it doesn't use active form as follows?
便利になったとはいえ、...
- 211
2
votes
1
answer
115
views
Yotsubato! What does いてー mean?
I'm currently reading yotsubato and I am a bit confused on what いてー means in this sentence.
あ いや ちいさいむすめがいてー。
- 21
2
votes
0
answers
275
views
Understanding てっと at the end of sentence
桐葉「雪妃エレナは分かるんだけど、今日も逢桜は休み？」
ゆめみ「作業日なのに３日もサボリとか……逢桜さんらしくないよね」
寿季「とはいえLIMEに既読もつかないしな……桐葉の方はどう？」
桐葉「私も連絡したけど、なしのつぶてよ。茶店のほうも臨時休業中の張り紙があったし」
寿季「とりあえず心配だから、一言でもいいからメッセージが欲しいってLIMEに書いてっと」
I understand the ...
- 4,181
2
votes
1
answer
196
views
sentence-final -て
I'm currently using Genki (Intermediate), and I've seen a couple of times now sentences ending with -て, while I've learned to view this sort of as a conjunction, like "and".
ジョンが来ることは、...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
136
views
Who "acts out" the verb here?
https://i.imgur.com/3cb9EjH.png
Found it while browsing fan forums on Nier automata.
I'm not sure what the second paragraph means here? It looks like the speaker cuts himself off. Who does the ...
1
vote
2
answers
139
views
「強さを、孤独を、知る者たち。それは、変わることは無く。」 How do I interpret 変わる here?
Im reading a comic and this is the heading of the chapter. I looked up the english chapter and the translation was "Those who know power and solitude. Know nothing of each other". I'm wondering how ...
- 87
2
votes
1
answer
99
views
What is the function of て-form in this sentence?
「また独りになるのが怖くて。」
I just can't understand why the adjective 怖い in the end of this sentence is in て form.
助けてください。
1
vote
1
answer
121
views
同じ文章で違う代名詞を省けますか？
どう長い文章を作るかが分かるようになりたいです。この間、日本語教師の動画を観ていたら、下の文が出てきました。これはまさに先生が言った話です。
10歳、11歳ぐらいときに、子供向けの英会話教室に通い始めて、通い始めた理由がその英会話教室に入会したら、ぬいぐるみがもらえるっていうキャンペーンをやっていて、
本当にそのぬいぐるみが欲しくて、母に『英語頑張るから』と言って、入会させてもらいました。
「～...
- 802
0
votes
1
answer
58
views
what is the exact meaning of "部長が自分のミス俺のせいにしゃがってさ" in below sentence
I don't understand exactly the meaning of "部長が自分のミス俺のせいにしゃがってさ"
the whole sentence is: 今日もさ 部長が自分のミス俺のせいにしゃがってさ冗談じゃ ないよ お前 部下をかばってこそ 上司だろ おい!
the meaning in the text is: today, the head of ...
- 133
1
vote
0
answers
76
views
Is ちょっと待って。 grammatically correct? Since 待って is an adverbial and must be attached to another verb (as far as i heard/know) [duplicate]
Is ちょっと待って。 grammatically correct? Since 待って is an adverbial and must be attached to another verb (as far as i heard/know).
- 371
1
vote
1
answer
167
views
Why does the following sentence end in the て form? [duplicate]
In a conversation between a student (Mike) and his teacher:
先生: ええ。[子供の]頃、私の家の近くに柔道をやっていてとても元気な子供がいてね。
the latter ends the sentence with the ~て form. Why is that so? I would expect the sentence to ...
- 6,651
1
vote
1
answer
46
views
Help understanding tense of sentence ending in ~てもらってて
When you conjugate both ~てもらう and いる to the て form ~てもらってて, what does that do to the tense?
Example sentence: おばあちゃんに録ってもらってて。
