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- て-form can be used to complete a clause, and indicate that something is going to follow (sort of like using “and” within a sentence).
- The て-form is completing a clause when it formed on the final verb within a sentence, turning it from a complete sentence, to a clause to be included within a sentence.
- “おねえちゃんはつまらない本をよんでいて” – “Big sister is reading a boring book (and) [insert rest of sentence]“.
- あそんでくれなかった ()
- The て-form can be used to connect a giving verb. It is used when one wishes to denote that an action is being given.
- 遊ぶ (play) is in it’s て-form. This form can be used for attaching くれる (give down to me) and あげる (give up to another).
- If someone does something for your benefit, you turn their beneficial action into the て-form, and append くれる.
- If we do something for someone elses benefit, the beneficial action is turned into the て-form and あげる is appended.
- Only one tense marker is needed in a Japanese sentence, and it is placed at the end of the sentence.
- おねえちゃんはつまらない本をよんでいてあそんでくれなかった
- As can be seen, there is only one tense marker, and it is placed at the end. There isn’t tenses within each clause in the sentence, and now the entire sentence has been placed into the past tense.