Question about ITTEIMASU

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Originally Posted by MMM

Did Mom go to the grocery store?

はい、行きました。 [Yes she went, and the implication is that she is already done and home.]

はい、行っています。[Yes she left, and the implication is that trip is not finished, so she still there now.]

Thanks, I'm with this now.

I hate all the complicated terms that get longer and longer

"present progressive negative tense"

Woosh.

Did you see that? streight over my head. Is it possible to have a decent undertanding of a language without learning extensive technical terms?

Its not often you ask someone what tense they are speaking..

Saying that, I was in a clothes shop with my girlfriend on saturday and we walked past the childrens section and she pointed at a t-shirt and said "I could fit in that!" and i replied "past tense or potential?" and patted her stomach.

That was an awkward journey home..