Structure
Verb[て]+ (Action) Phrase
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Part of Speech
Particle
Word Type
Conjunctive Particle
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品詞
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単語の種類
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About Verb + て+ B
The て form of a verb, followed by another verb phrase is often translated to 'then', or 'and then', and is how Japanese lists sequences of events that happen one after another.
Caution
This grammar construction is used for listing things that happen in order, for example 'I did (A), then (B), then (C)'. Other grammar structures will need to be used if you would like to talk about things that happen/happened in no particular order. For example たり~たりする, which will appear in a sentence like 'I did things like (C), and (A), oh, and (B)!'
Synonyms
Examples
晩ご飯を食べて歯を磨いた。
I ate dinner and brushed my teeth.
ともこは鍵をかけて出かけました。
Tomoko locked up the house and left.
明日は9時に起きて、朝ごはんを食べて買い物に行きます。
Tomorrow I will wake up at 9 (and), eat breakfast, and go shopping.
The て-form can be used more than once in a sentence.
「東京に行って何をしたの?」
'What did you do after you went to Tokyo?'
('You went to Tokyo, and then what did you do?')ひとみさんのお母さんに会って一緒に戻りました。
I met Hitomi's mother, and we went back together.
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Verb + て+ B – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (7 in total)
MikkaT
Thanks, that makes sense.
komocode
「うちに帰って昼寝をしたい。」(帰る)
‘I want to go home and take a nap.’
Should it be I want to return home?
Maxinoume
What’s the difference between the lesson here and this earlier lesson?
At first glance, the earlier lesson details only shows sentences with a comma after て but when you look in the example sentences, it isn’t always the case.
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