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Te-Form Song 🇯🇵 Japanese Verb Conjugation

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Usage of te-form in Japanese

Usage of te-form in Japanese

Generally speaking, there are 5 different typical ways of usage of te-form.

1. Parallel Ex. ひろくて、あたらしい。（Large and new）

2. Succession (order) Ex. うちへ　かえって、　ごはんを　たべる。　（Go home and eat rice.）

3. Cause／Reason Ex. おいしくて、いっぱい　たべた。　（Delicious and ate a lot.）

4. means/tools Ex. おはしで　ごはんを　たべる。　（Eat rice with chopsticks.）

5. incidental Ex. てを　あげて　こうさてんを　わたる。　（Raise your hand and cross the road.）

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[duxull]

friendship ended with all other songs this is all i need

[japanese-studies]

This song is short and badly out of tune but get it in your head and you will never struggle with the て again. I’ve literally seen classmates mouthing the lyrics to this song during exams.

[teachmejapanese-official]

*This post contains affiliate links. Learn more here* And that sums up today's lesson! I tried to fit in as many uses of te form as possible. There are a few mo

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[megumilearns]

100 Days of Languages: Day 22

Learn one new grammatical concept.

te-form

Can be used to:

Make requests

Giving and asking for permission

Stating that something is forbidden

Forming a sentence that describes two events or activities

ru-verbs, u-verbs, and irregular verbs all have separate conjugation rules.

ru-verbs: take off る and add て.

Irregular verbs: する -> して      //         くる -> きて

u-verbs: depends on the final syllable of the dictionary form

with final う、つ、る　－＞　って

with final む、ぶ、ぬ　－＞　んで

with final く　－＞　いて        (except for 行く　－＞　行って)

with final ぐ　－＞　いで

with final す　－＞　して

Making Requests

Use the te-form together with ください to make a polite request - “please do...for me.”

教科書を読んでください。 (please read the textbook.)

If you are talking to a close friend or relative, the te-form on its own can be used as a request. -> 窓を開けて。(open the window, will you?)

Giving and Asking for Permission

Use the te-form plus もいいです to say “you may do...” To ask permission, turn it into a question, ～もいいですか。

Can drop the も in casual conversation with close friends and family.

Stating that something is forbidden

Use the te-form plus はいけません - “you must not do...” Generally used in rules and regulations. Sounds harsh if used when denying permission unless you are in a place of authority.

Describing two activities

Can use the te-form to combine two or more verbs, as in describing a sequence of events or actions. Takes the place of と for verbs. Can be used for past, present, and future. The tense of the verb at the end of each sentence determines when these events take place.

ノートを借りて、コピーします。 (I will borrow her notebook and photocopy it.)

今日は、六時に起きて、勉強しました。(Today I got up at six and studied.)

食堂に行って、昼ご飯を食べましょう。(Let’s go to the cafeteria and have lunch.)

Can also be used to connect a verb more “loosely” with the rest of the sentence. For example,  describing the manner in which an action described by a second verb is performed.

ブスに乗って、会社に行きます。(I go to work by bus.)

[bungoustraywango]

Omake 1

Since I occasionally run across funny sentences or interesting grammar points that are too early to put into a lesson, I’ve decided to include short ‘omake’ or extras!

I came across this sentence: ぼーっとしていて、昨日財布をどこかに落としてしまったんです。

which some of my American friends translated as (using Google): “I was drowning, and dropped my wallet somewhere yesterday.”

I was drowning, and dropped my wallet somewhere yesterday. (-_-;)・・・ 

It actually means: “I was being absent minded, and unfortunately dropped my wallet somewhere yesterday.” Which somehow still sounds like Dazai-san (￢_￢;)

How google comes up with ‘drowning’, I have no idea! ヽ(ˇヘˇ)ノ  

Anyway, rapid sentence breakdown:

ぼーっとする botto suru: to do nothing worthwhile; to abstractedly/dazedly/dreamily do something, aka to be absent minded ～ていた:  ~teita: was doing X ～て: te form: sentence/verb connector ぼーっとしていて: botto shiteite: was being absent minded 昨日: きのう:kinou:  yesterday 財布: さいふ:saifu:  wallet を: o particle: marks a direct object (the thing you do an action on) どこか: dokoka: somewhere に: ni particle: marks direction/location 落とす: おとす:otosu: to drop 落として: おとして:te form of otosu ~てしまう:  ~teshimau: ‘unfortunately does X/ X unfortunately happens’ ~てしまった: ~teshimatta: past tense: unfortunately did X ~んです:~ ndesu: ‘n’ added to plain forms, gives a bit of emotion or empathy, and followed by da or desu

[raycatz]

It’s so weird.  I’ve finished my second year of Japanese, and I’m planning on taking it all through high school (even though I’ve finished the 2 year language requirement)  (Honors and AP Japanese, here I come, woo!).  Anyways, listening to Vocaloid songs is so weird now, but interesting, because I can understand like, nothing still, but I can pick up words and then come up with some sort if a vague idea of what the song’s about.  But mostly I just pick up words like;

And then  Therefore  Sometimes  Wait  Lives in a place

and of course particles and lone words.

It’s really weird. ..

(and then there’s also, ‘Oh!  I can read that Kanji!’  and that’s about it.)