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There is a verb form that ends in て. This verb form is used in two main ways:
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- to chain actions or statements together
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- to provide additional nuance to an action or statement
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- to chain actions or statements together;
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- to provide additional nuance to an action or statement.
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The て form is made by replacing the past tense た with て. Keep in mind that this isn't some kind of secondary past tense. The て form does not encode any notion of “tense” in its form. It doesn’t tell us anything about the sentence being past or present.
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殺<b>して</b> 切<b>って</b> 買<b>って</b> 死<b>んで</b> 食<b>べて</b>
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The godan verb 行く is an exception and its て form is 行って.
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The godan verb 行く is an exception and its て form is 行って and <b>not</b> 行きて.
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Adjectives can also have a て form. This is done by turning the い into くて.
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赤い 赤くて
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怖い 怖くて
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面白い 面白くて
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いい よくて
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| 赤<b>い</b> | 赤<b>くて</b> |
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| 怖<b>い</b> | 怖<b>くて</b> |
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| 面白<b>い</b> | 面白<b>くて</b>|
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| い<b>い</b> | よ<b>くて</b> |
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The adjective いい is an exception and it becomes よくて.
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This also works for negative conjugations, which is also how we apply て form to negative verbs.
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赤くない 赤くなくて
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食べない 食べなくて
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| 赤くな<b>い</b> | 赤くな<b>くて</b> |
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| 食べな<b>い</b> | 食べな<b>くて</b> |
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We saw “A is B” and “A does B” type of sentences. With the introduction of the て form we will see our first example of “A does B, and then D does C” type of sentences. At the very basic syntax level, AてB means “A happens, and then B”. It can mark either a temporal sequence, or a cause \-\> consequence relationship. It allows us to make longer sentences with multiple verbs in sequence. Note that the subject on both sides does not have to be the same.
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