Te Form

[jesselt]

Originally Posted by DietWeebs

My teacher taught me this.. Ku i Gu i Su shi Mu n Bu n (etc i forget)

but that an action verb ending the uppercase letters (Ku, Gu, Su, Mu, Bu,) are all dropped when making a TE form and the lower case letters (i, i, shi, n, n,) are added at the end along with TE to make a TE form... does that make sense ?

Is there an easier way to remember this ?

I don't understand this. There are no such things as upper and lower case letters in Japanese...

When I learned it it was taught in a song with the tune of the Clementine Song (Oh my darling, oh my darling, etc)
く is いて
ぐ is いで
うつる are small って
ぬむぶ are んで
and す is just して

Though it's important to note that る refers to an う verb (or 1st level or whatever you call them) who's dictionary form ends in る (IE 作る) not something like 食べる which just changes to 食べて

Or something. I'm not really very good with てform.

[chryuop]

Originally Posted by 8May1993

if you know plain form (dictionary form) there is an easy way to remember te form.

く = いて
ぐ = いで
うつる = って
ぬむぶ = んで
す = して

just change one of those (last sounds of plain form verbs) to the te form they correspond with.
for example:

Wow that is wonderful. Sometimes I get stuck between く and る, other than that I usually get them right (of course errors are not infrequent, but mostly because I don't use my brain hee hee). I know there is only one form that requires いて, but don't know why sometimes I try to put it to more verbs (る and once in this forum even with す)

[origamicandy]

Hi all!

I thought you might be interested in this video which helps one remember the ~te form of a verb. People learning Japanese/teaching Japanese will find it very helpful!

Here you are: YouTube - Japanese Rap: ~Te Form Of A Verb

Enjoy, and i hope it helps.

Origami

[origamicandy]

Originally Posted by DietWeebs

My teacher taught me this.. Ku i Gu i Su shi Mu n Bu n (etc i forget)

but that an action verb ending the uppercase letters (Ku, Gu, Su, Mu, Bu,) are all dropped when making a TE form and the lower case letters (i, i, shi, n, n,) are added at the end along with TE to make a TE form... does that make sense ?

Is there an easier way to remember this ?

If you know the ~masu form of a verb, drop ~masu and look at what's there.

If it's i, chi, ri, bi, mi, ni etc.

YouTube - Japanese Rap: ~Te Form Of A Verb - this rap helps you remember how to change these base ~masu forms into the ~te form.

Enjoy, and it should be useful!