Present Tense
Structure
- [る-Verbs] → て
- [う-Verbs: す] → して
- [う-Verbs: く] → いて
- [う-Verbs: ぐ]→ いで
- [う-Verbs: う・つ・る] → って
- [う-Verbs: む・ぬ・ぶ] → んで
- Irregular Verbs [する] → して
いく→いって, する→して
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How does the structure table fit with the example for “いく→いって” which is correct, yet if I follow the table: [う-Verbs: く]-> いて seems like I would end up with “いく→いて”
Maybe I am misunderstanding this structure table somehow… or this is an exception?
Thanks!
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Never mind… I think I understand that the “Warning” symbol is telling me that these are exceptions. I like this warning symbol (in the Grammar Discussion) better than the finger pointing on the main review page. It is more clear to me that these are exceptions… something I did not realize before. User error!
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I agree that the warning sign is better that the finger.
Also, I don’t see why the で would be orange instead of yellow since it’s part of the primary construction of the grammar.
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@seanblue @barclayaz
I have changed the structure to be more understandable (including 
️ suggestion). 
It doesn’t seem to say what the actual use of the て form is.
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て form has a lot of usages. 
Hey 
Basically, a verb in て form + Phrase means: “verb and Phrase”. In other words, it connects sentences.
AてB can be also used to state reason/cause A for the B. But it is MUCH weaker than から or ので.
Like @seanblue says, て form has many uses and this lesson was more about conjugation than the uses.
I will try to add another lesson with example sentences and more explanations.
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ah okay,
thanks for the answer
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In a sentence like this:
撮影は３か月かけて行われました。
How to exactly describe the function of the て form? Does it mean “The photo shooting took 3 months and has been carried out”? Or “…took 3 months to be finished”?
How to translate 行う here?
And would the sentence also be correct using the intransitive かかる instead of the transitive かける?
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Hey, you can use both:
撮影は３か月かけて行われました。
撮影は３か月かかって行われました。
They will differ a bit in nuance, the former would mean that you planned it to take 3 months. The later would mean that you didn’t expect it to take that much time, sort of negative nuance.
It took three months to finish the movie.
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Thanks for the explanation!
So the て form has a function like “in order to” rather than “and” in that sentence?
Another example:
彼は日本を代表して会議に出た。
How to translate the て form here?
- He represented Japan and attended the conference
- He attended the conference and represented Japan
- He represented Japan at a conference
- In order to represent Japan he attended the conference
I don’t really get the sequence/order of things connected with て
If it’s the “and” meaning it has to be in order. So I don’t think sentence #2 is valid. Sentence #1 would be correct in that case.
But sometimes て form can translate like an adverb. I’d probably translate the sentence to “he attended the conference as a representative from Japan”.
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Thanks, the adverbial function makes indeed sense in this sentence/translation.
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Is it me or does Bunpro not explicitly teach the negative form of て, ie. なくて?
It just forms parts of other grammar points, and also, reviews for other items use it and assume I know it, eg/
(Please ignore that こと became こた in my answer there as well >_< )
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You are actually right!
I have added it to the to do list right now!
Thank you!
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I dont understand the first two lines of the ‘meaning’ page:
V(る1) → 見 る → 見 て
V(る5) → 座 る →座 って
What do the “1” and the “5” mean?
There’s a link to the structure legend below the structure:
https://bunpro.jp/structure_legend
There you can find all explanations with examples for the abbreviations.
There is a lot of information in this review point (13 associations, more associations than there are levels). Shouldn’t this really be 13 different grammar points? The problem I encounter is getting a review for one association (say V(る1) → 見 る → 見 て), and then the next review is for a totally different association (say する→して), and then quite often failing it. I see that by doing this, eventually all of the associations I don’t know will be added to ghost reviews, however they don’t get trained through all of the SRS levels individually, weakening the retention of the info (also making it a frustrating experience).
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Honestly, I think conjugations are best learned outside of Bunpro. I think Kitsun has a nice deck on conjugations.
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