Questions tagged [て-form]
テ形. A non-finite form of a verb or adjective primarily used to connect to a following predicate or subsidiary verb, with some secondary uses derived by ellipsis (e.g. of くれ or ください). In many cases it corresponds to English "and". Linguists often refer to it as the "gerund" form, and some have also called it the "gerundive" or "past participle" form.
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て-form as a topic [duplicate]
I saw a particularly interesting sentence in the wild just yet:
陛下は度々僕の部屋にやってきては手を握って何かを考えるんだ。
The interesting thing to me are the two te-forms in the sentence, with the former being made a topic, ...
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Why does ごめん or すみません with て form make the sentence, Sorry for (...)?
I learned that て form is used to combine with lots of things, but when putting て form with one other thing, it normally means ... and .... So why does putting て form with ごめん or すみません make it sorry ...
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Confused about this conjugation of 忘れる [duplicate]
In KICK BACK, there is a line of the song that goes なんか忘れちゃってんだ. I'm confused specifically about the 忘れちゃってんだ. I haven't really seen this sort of conjugation before. I'm thinking it's possibly 忘れる + ...
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Is this phrase untranslatable?
(For context, it's said by one character attacking another)
The phrase is 「やってやんよ」I've read somewhere that やます can mean 'to do/go' (google says the translation is 'I'll do it' But could it be one of ...
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「かいてくれていた」- Does it have to mean "was drawing"?
In Chapter 3 of Yotsuba-to, Yotsuba wakes up and finds a picture of herself, that Fuuka drew and left there while she was sleeping. Yotsuba exclaims: 「ふーかがよつばかいてくれてた!」
Any natural-sounding English ...
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Is どうやってa single word, or just どう＋やる (in the て-form)?
Question: Is どうやって considered to be a single word all to its own (acting as an interrogative adverb?)? Or is it just どう＋やる ("doing + how"), and no different than any other te-form ...
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Understanding かな with the te-form
I'm trying to understand the following clause from the World of Final Fantasy opening song, Innocent².
君の大事なものを教えて
僕らの目にも映るかな
I know that the かな particle often means 'I wonder' and has other uses. ...
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Is TE FORM + だって a possible combination?
オレは泳いでだって行くぜ
This sentence is from episode 9 of Digimon Adventure.
The character's brother is supposedly lost on another island and he says that.
The prior sentence for context:
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what does second て mean after て-form? [duplicate]
There is a phrase said by a native speaker in a video and the subtitles (not autogenerated) were:
そんなゴミの中で寝てて快適なの。
I cannot find what does this second て mean. The form 寝て must refer to continuous ...
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Are there any clear hints to where one clause ends and another begins in song lyrics?
Here is a link to the song being discussed.
In song lyrics of both English and my native tongue Swedish, it's more often than not somewhat obvious to the listener of a song, or rather, the reader of ...
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how does te form actually work at the end of sentence?
Now i dont mean the request, like with ください、くれ etc omitted
currently, i have big problems with this, the only conclusion i came to is, there is probably something omitted at the end??
for example
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What does this te form mean? あれ？お前ケガ治ってね？
あれ？お前ケガ治ってね？
It is at the end, and I don't really understand why. Why would a person choose to use te form? (btw the person saying this doesn't say anything after, so I don't think its some kind of ...
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で particle after て form
So i was reading, and suddenly came across this sentence:
俺の力使ってで悪魔を殺すとよぉ、すっげえ痛そうなんだわ。
Can someone explain, or provide a website that is explaining this? I wasnt able to find anything talking about ...
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I don't understand the translation order of スカートは試着して買わないと心配だ。 [duplicate]
I think how to translate this could be...
① スカートは
② 試着して
③ 買わないと
④ 心配だ
That should make the translation go...
"The skirt, I tried it on, If I don't buy, I feel worried."
But in the book it ...
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Understanding 「ドアノブをまわすと鍵は掛かっていなかったので彼女はそのまま中に入っていった」
From a ghost story (which I think has informal speech):
ドアノブをまわすと鍵は掛かっていなかったので彼女はそのまま中に入っていった
Questions:
The verb まわす is spoken in the present tense, despite the rest of the sentence's verbs being ...
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What does てもらえたら嬉しいmean?
僕の漫画がたくさんの人に楽しんで読んでもらえたら嬉しいです。
I know 楽しんで読む means “to read with pleasure”, but I’m not sure about もらえたら嬉しいです. I’ve interpreted it as a grammar constitution that means “I’ll be glad/happy if you ...
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Break down 言われてやってきた for me
言われてやってきた場所は、町のはずれだった。
It's past tense with て form, but I can't make sense of it after the first て.
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まだ食べなかった vs まだ食べていない
まだ食べなかった vs まだ食べていない
まだ食べていない = "still haven't eaten"
まだ食べなかった confuses mean. "still did not eat". Is this construction ever used? If so, can some provide an example usage, and ...
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Honorific Verbs conjugation - ～ていらっしゃる vs お + Verb Stem + になる
In book "Genki II", there's no explanation for verbs that don't have a special conjugation, for when to conjugate either to:
「て Form」 + いらっしゃる
お + Verb Stem + になる
My simple question is ...
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What does する in its lone て-form mean?
The sentence
トムが殺人事件を目撃したって、本当なの？
translates to
Is it true Tom witnessed a murder?
Question: I am confused about 目撃+したって, which I assume translates to something like "doing-witnessing". ...
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Understanding "何をしてたと思う"
The sentence
何をしてたと思う？
apparently translates to
What do you think I've been doing
Questions:
What is と doing here (and/or how is it literally being translated)? If we remove it, does the meaning ...
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Nominalizer vs te-form: which to use when subordinate to 望む?
The following are some song lyrics
あなたが望むなら
この胸を射通して
What's the difference between
あなたがこの胸を射通すの望むなら
And
あなたがこの胸を射通して望むなら
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Verb in て-form before a noun
I came across this sentence:
「東京」は、京都から見て東の京（首都）という意味です。
I don't understand why there 見る is in て-form. I've never met uses of て-form before a noun. To me it looks like a typo. Do I miss something?
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Can て form nominalize verbs?
お母さん、風香産んで正解だった。
This sentence means "Mother was right about giving birth to Fuuka." but I don't understand the usage of the て form here. I think it nominalized the verb but isn't this the ...
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What does やってくる mean in this sentence?
宿題をやってこなかったですか？
It's something like "Have you ended up not doing the homework?", I think, but what's the difference with just やらなかった?
What kind of てくる is this? Is it the same of 寒くなってくる?
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What is this ~れ verb form used in the middle of the sentence? Is it ~られて/~れて without the て?
I saw this sentence in a light novel.
浮遊感に穏やかに包まれ、玉響の安息。
What is this verb form 「包まれ」? It looks like it's supposed to be 「包まれて」but with the て dropped. I've seen this form every now and then, but I ...
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How can I distinguish the particle で from the て form of です?
雨で出かけられない。
Can't で in this kind of sentences be both?
雨 + で (particle) + 出かけられない。
Because it's raining, I can't go out.
雨 + で (て form) + 出かけられない。
(雨です。出かけられない。)
It's raining, (and, then) I can't go ...
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て-form+quotation
As in:
足の悪い鶴ははずかしそうにふりかえって、「さっきね、何かないかと思って沼のなかを探していたのさ。」
What is the て-form of the verb doing here? Does it have to do with a dropped verb, the placement of the quotation, or is it something else ...
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Can a irrealis form verb be combined with the adjective particle "な"
I asked this question because irrealis form and continuative form verbs can be combined with だ, so can't it be combined with na? I mean it looks ungrammatical but da goes with it so...
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聞いてんの？ て + ん - Te Form Question [duplicate]
I see a lot of sentences with the Verb + [てん]
Is this basically just ている but with the いる omitted?
So the sentence would be, are you listening?
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にで and でに confusion
So I saw these particles in a definition and a song.
First, as ひとりでに, which got translated as by itself (this got approved by the way) and then "単独にでなく", which I'm guessing means not being ...
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clauses within clauses
Recently I was reading「鶴の笛」by (林芙美子) and came across this sentence:
若木の林のなかは、ところまだらに陽の光が煙っていて美しい景色でした。
Am I correct in assuming that this would be read as two clauses joined with the conjunctive ...
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Which version is correct: 出会って or 出会いで?
What is the correct version of "It was nice meeting you!":
出会ってよかった。
or
出会いでよかった。
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Disambiguating 繰り返して: て form vs standalone word
In the dictionary, 繰り返して is shown to have a special meaning "repeatedly". Of course, the regular て form is the same. Which of the two is meant in constructs such as
われわれは数知れない失敗を繰り返してきた
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What is the use of the te-form of 違って in 違って見えるね?
In the phrase:
今日はいつもと違って見えるね - You look different today.
What is 違って doing here? Why is it being used instead of 違う?
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Can someone explain the double te form? [closed]
I was reading an article on NHK and I came across this
こうした歴史から、同じソビエトを構成した国のなかでも、ロシアはウクライナに対して特に“同じルーツを持つ国”という意識を強く持っていていると指摘しています。for full context
Can someone explain the usage of double te form ...
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Verb[て] + Verb - 頑張って見るよ
頑張って見るよ
What does this mean? To me, it feels like "Try my best and see".
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What is the name of the grammar structure where people say "V1して + V2しない" meaning "V1しないで + V2する" [closed]
What I mean is what is happening in this sentence: 宿題をして行かない生徒が多いです meaning "There are many students who go (to school) without having done their homework". I would like to know the name of ...
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Katta in nagamete itakatta
So, I was trying to make a translation, and I found nagamete itakatta. I thought it was referring to the te form and the past tense of iru combined, then there was katta, which I also thought was past ...
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How does this sentence 食べて飲みたい work?
It seems the native speakers often use this sentence 食べて飲みたい to mean I want to eat and drink, but I think it should be considered I eat and want to drink. When I say that, I will use 食べたり飲んだりしたい. So ...
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たら at the end of a compound sentence
I'm wondering if there's a sentence:
AしてBしてCされたら
would the meaning be:
if A, B, C...
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A, B, if C...
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What’s the function of the て form in this sentence?
For context, I’m reading Haikyuu!! and I'm stuck on this sentence:
コート中央のネットを挟んで2チームでボールを打ち合う。
The verb 挟む is in the て form, but I can’t understand why, so I don’t get the sentence. Is it connecting ...
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Do ては and のは have the same meaning sometimes?
I was listening to a song (ロジックエージェント) and these lyrics came up:
枯れては戸惑いを募らせて
遠く揺らぐ日々を眺めてた
I assume that ては means 枯れるのは。
Is that correct?
I know ては can mean If/When but I don't think this is the ...
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Are Verb 1 and Verb 2 interchangeable? verb1+te verb2 vs. verb2+te verb1
For example, is there a difference between these two sentences?
風は夜になっておさまった。
風は夜に治まってなった。
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Constructing て-form of ～ちゃくれない [duplicate]
In this sentence:
夜は貫いちゃくれないよ
I'm having trouble constructing the phrase 貫いちゃくれない.
From what I understand, it should be parsed like this:
貫く + て-form + しまう(ちゃう) + て-form + くれる + ない
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Te-form by itself「コロナウイルスがうつった人のことも考えて」
What does the te-form mean here by itself?
コロナウイルスがうつった人のことも考えて
Edit: The context is a newspaper headline: 大学の入学試験「コロナウイルスがうつった人のことも考えて」Does a te-request really make sense in this context?
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Translating 買ってきてあげます
I'm working on Genki II and I came across this sentence in a drill.
友だちが病気だったらくすりを買ってきてあげます。
I get about 90% of what is happening here. It's an if/then statement where if my friend is sick, I will ...
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スーパーに行ったら、牛乳をかってきてくれる？ Why not Te form for Kureru
スーパーに行ったら、牛乳をかってきてくれる？
The Bunpro Translation of the above is:
If you go to the supermarket, could you buy some milk (and come back)? [for me]
Since we're asking for a favor (it sounds like we are),...
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ずっと側にいてくれてありがとう, Why て Form?
For the above sentence pulled from Bunpro, the correct answer uses the て.
The translation is:
Thank you for always being next to me. [being there for me]
Why do we need to put くれる into the て?
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What does "ふってきて mean in the sentence "これが、突然空からふってきて..."? [duplicate]
I know the sentence means something like "This suddenly came out of the sky...".
"これが" means "this is" (side question: why add "が" instead of just keeping it as ...
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