(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/413

Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III

ÀÓÄÈÎ 413 | GRAMMAR II - 13.04 : te miru
 
Grammar II - 13.04 Grammar L4 - 007 Menu - Grammar
...てみる - te miru

You can use the te-form of a verb plus the helping verb みる - miru
to express the idea of "doing something tentatively" or "trying something".

You are not sure what the outcome of your action will be,
but do it and see what effect it might have.
漢字がわからなかったので、
日本人の友達に聞いてみました。		 I did not know the kanji,
so I tried asking a Japanese friend of mine. 

kanji-ga wakara nakatta no de,
nihonjin-no tomodachi-ni kiite-mimashita.

  
   
友だちがあのみせのケーキはおいしい
と言っていましたから、
今度たべてみます。

My friends say that the cake at the shop is good /because/,
I will have a piece one of these days

tomodachi-ga, ano mise-no keeki-wa oishii,
to itte imashita kara,
kondo, tabete-mimasu.		  
   
みる・見る miru comes from the verb miru, and conjugates as a regular ru-verb.