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Why is a verb in the past (た形) contradicted with ～ていない?
@snailplane introduced this interesting article to me!
山下 好孝. テンスの「た」とアスペクトの「た」 (PDF)
初級日本語教科書では「～ましたか」の質問に対して，「～ていません」と答えるのを初級の学習者に導入する時は、「もう」と「まだ」を教える時である。（略） しかし、実際は、去年のことやもっと昔のことを開いても、「～ていません」「...
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How do you join たる-adjectives?
Overview: Modern Japanese
There is some brief discussion of these in the English Wikipedia, in the "taru adjectives" section of the "Adjectival noun" article here, and a bit more ...
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「捨ててしまう」Why are there two て’s used here?
The verb is 捨てる, so its て-form is 捨てて, hence the compound form Vて+しまう becomes 捨ててしまう.
If it were the casual ちゃう instead of しまう that you were using, that starts from the て-form too, but also ...
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"Te-form" versus "masu-stem + して" (消しているうちに versus 消ししているうちに)
A (te-form) + は + B (masu-form) is a common pattern that describes someone repeatedly/habitually does B right after A as a paired action. See: 〜しては is this a grammar pattern? This set is often ...
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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
According to 明鏡国語辞典:
て ㊁〘終助〙
❷ 《「…でして」「…まして」「…してしまって」の形で》原因や理由、状況を示して釈明を表す。「お子様限定のサービスでして。」「電車が遅れまして。」「遅くなりまして。」「つい忘れちゃって。」
The て in your example is used to express a cause, reason or ...
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Differentiate a cause from a succession of terms in a sentence using ～くて / で
How do you know in English? The degree to which て/で represent causality versus things being simply sequential is ambiguous in nearly the same way that and is ambiguous in the same role in English.
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The meaning of a て-form verb at the end of this sentence
The te-form of the verb やる is やって. やれって is not a te-form but やれ (the imperative form of やる, which can conclude a sentence on its own) followed by って.
This って is a colloquial version of quotative-と, ...
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Do I have a good grasp on the basics of what the continuative form is?
連用形 (usually translated as "continuative form") is one of "the basic 6 conjugation forms" of Japanese verbs/adjectives. For the ichidan verb 食べる, its 連用形 is 食べ. For godan verbs, many of them have two ...
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て form and adverbial meaning
Yes it's adverbial in relation to the verb (predicate), but you can't say it's simply an adverb (you can't use a te-form verb alone as an adverb). The word 付帯状況 literally means "collateral ...
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-ています / present continuous form not used in habitual action
Using ている form for habitual actions, compared with the one without it, implies that the speaker is to some extent conscious of period that the habitual action continues for.
In other words, ...
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Connection between 〜い adjectives and 〜く verbs?
there is perhaps some historical connection between the く sound and い sound, either phonologically or semantically.
I think the answer from blutorange addresses this.
Maybe these two classes of ...
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Absence of て in お気をつけください
お気をつけください is a politer/more respectful way of saying 気をつけてください.
It's the honorific 「お + noun form/連用形 + ください」 form.
Examples:
「待ってください。」 "Please wait"
(noun form/連用形 of 待つ is 待ち) → 「お+待ち+ください。」
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Verb te form + くれて
Why's she using the adverb 正しく instead of the verb 正す？ does it comes from something like 正しいする?
I think it's not just a simple use of adverb. I.e. you would not in this case parse 正しく+する to mean "...
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Intransitive verbs and ている
Short answer: Yes, it's a loose rule of thumb with many exceptions. Personally, I wouldn't even bother with memorizing that rule; it seems more trouble than it's worth.
Long answer:
Verbs in the -te ...
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What does ワインを買っていくよ mean?
ワインを買っていく
literally means "I'll buy wine and go". You'd say this to mean "I'll buy wine on my way to the place where you are (≂ I'll buy wine and bring it to the place where you are)&...
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What is this て-form at the end of a sentence: 「まったく可愛くねー起こし方しやがって！」
まったく可愛くねー 起こし方しやがって！
In colloquial speech, the te-form of a verb at the end of a sentence can express 非難 (reproach/criticism/condemnation) or 不満 (complaint/dissatisfaction).
Examples:
「太郎ったら、...
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What is the difference between ～してる and ～している?
してる is simply a colloquial contracted form of している, similarly one has してない contracted from していない. It is very common in spoken language, but ungrammatical in "proper" (school) grammar.
This ...
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Possible explanation for the ている-form also being used as past tense?
There are a couple of things going on here, so let's try and tease them apart.
"I haven't eaten yet" is not past tense in English. Past tense in English would be "I didn't eat." There is overlap ...
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て form of past negative sentence with ちゃう
ちゃう can be used in several completely different ways. Since you mentioned negation, I am certain you are entering the wild and wonderful world of the Osakan dialect.
As standard Japanese:
[Verb] + &...
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What does しまおう mean?
The te-form is used for stringing verbs together to combine their meanings:
飲[む]{L} + しまう→飲[んで]{LL} + しまう→飲んでしまう
しまう usually means "to complete something", but what it actually means depends on ...
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difference between -なくて and -ないで
Technically, ないで is a way of saying don't, or without doing. You can look up more about it here.
ない has some behaviors that are similar to those of ～い adjectives. ～なくて is akin to putting a comma at ...
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What's the difference between an adjective's adverbial form and continuative form?
Joining two statements
Broadly speaking, the く ending allows the meaning of the first statement to broadly modify the second, while くて puts an end on the first statement and separates it more from ...
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What is 誘われて (Sasowarete) in this song lyric?
The base 誘う's te-form would be 誘って, but it's not just the basic 誘う.
誘う = base
誘われる = passive form
誘われて = passive form's te-form
In your song it indicates to be invited by something/someone.
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