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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III

AUDIO 336 | GRAMMAR I - 06.01
 
Grammar I - 06.01  
て te-form  
  The て form has many uses in Japanese. Among these uses are:
 
  • making requests ("...please.")
  • giving and asking for permission ("you may.../May I...")
  • stating that something is forbidden ("you must not...")
  • forming a sentence that describes two events or activities ("I did this and did that.")
  Conjugating for the て form is fairly complex.
There are separate rules for る, irregular, and the various うverbs.
A summary follows.
   
  る verbs:
たべる　→　たべて

to eat
   
  う verbs come in several groups, based on the final syllable of their dictionary forms.
  う verbs with final う、つ、and る
あう　→　あって to meet
まつ　→　まって to wait
とる　→　とって to take
   
  う verbs with final む、ぶ、and ぬ
よむ　→　よんで to read
あそぶ　→　あそんで to play
しぬ　→　しんで to die
   
  う verbs with final く
かく　→　かいて to write
   
  one exception in this class is
いく　→　いって to go
   
  う verbs with final ぐ
およぐ　→　およいで to swim
   
  う verbs with final す
はなす　→　はなして to talk
   
  irregular verbs
する　→　して to do
くる　→　きて to come