みなさんお元気ですか?
わたしは、日本語をどうやって教えられるかなやんでいます。
How are you guys?
I'm wondering how I can teach Japanese.
*教える(おしえる)[v] to teach
悩む(なやむ)[v] to wonder
In this lesson, I'm gonna teach you 'bout 'te-form' of verbs.
Cuz te-form is used for various grammar. In the other words, 'te-form' is basic knowledge.
Be4 explain it let me give you some examples using te-form of verbs.
ex,
わたしは、お魚を食べています。( I'm eating fish)
お肉を食べてもいいですか? ( Could I eat/have fish?)
やさいを食べてはいけません。(Do not eat vegetables) *野菜(やさい)[n] vegetable
See?
verb 「食べる」is conjugated to 'te-form' in these grammar above.
This is why 'te-form' is important and useful!
I'm gonna talk 'bout grammar later.
Just focus how to conjugate verbs to 'te-form' for now. :)
So, you know there're 2 types of verb ru-verb and u-verb, right?
If you don't know it yet plz check Here!
Now,we're on the same page.k?
How to conjugate ru-verb to te-form is quite simple.
Just drop 「る」(ru) from the end of infinitive and add 「て」.
As for example,
「見る」MI
「寝る」NE
However, there're also some irregular verb as same as positive form.
As for example, 「走る」HASHIRU is ended in IRU sound which is supposed to be ru-verb.
However, 「走る」turns into 'te-form' droping 'る' and adding 'って'.
HASHI
「帰る」KAERU is also an irregular verb.
KAE
There're only few irregular verbs which you should know.
I listed them below.
・入る(はいる)[v] to enter, come in
・走る(はしる)[v] to run
・帰る(かえる)[v] to go back
・切る(きる)[v] to cut
・知る(しる)[v] to know
・分かる(わかる)[v] to understand
What 'bout u-verb is more complicated than ru-verb sadly.
Cuz there're 4 categories of u-verb.
These 4 categories depend on the last sound of the verb.
If the sound of the verb is 「す」such as 「話す」it's replaced 「す」with 「して」.
「話す」HANA
「渡す」WATA
*渡す(わたす)[v] to pass
If the sound of the verb is 「く」such as 「書く」it's replaced 「く」with 「いて」.
If the sound of the verb is 「ぐ」such as 「泳ぐ」it's replaced 「ぐ」with 「いで」.
「書く」KA
「泳ぐ」OYO
If the sound of the verb is 「む」「ぶ」or 「ぬ」such as 「飲む」it's replaced 「む」「ぶ」or「ぬ」with 「んで」.
「飲む」NO
「遊ぶ」ASO
「死ぬ」SHI
If the sound of the verb is 「う」or「つ」such as 「買う」it's replaced 「う」or「つ」with 「って」.(Just make sure that 「って」is small 'っ')
「買う」KA
「持つ」MO
Ending Replace with Infinitive TE-form
す →して 話す 話して
く →いて 書く 書いて
ぐ →いで 泳ぐ 泳いで
む →んで 飲む 飲んで
ぶ →んで 遊ぶ 遊んで
ぬ →んで 死ぬ 死んで
う →って 買う 買って
つ →って 持つ 持って
I can imagine that it's hard for you to understand these conjugations.
But like I said, this is a basic knowledge to learn Japanese grammar.
So plz revise and practice as much as you can.
I'm gonna give you some exercises below.
Plz conjugate these verbs to te-form.
1.食べる → 食べ( )
2.開ける → 開け( ) *開ける(あける)[v] to open
3.渡す → 渡( )
4.探す → 探( ) *探す(さがす)[v] to look for
5.書く → 書( )
6.泣く → 泣( ) *泣く(なく)[v] to cry
7.泳ぐ → 泳( )
8.遊ぶ → 遊( )
9.学ぶ → 学( )
10.死ぬ → 死( )
11.買う → 買( )
12.吸う → 吸( ) *吸う(すう)[v] to suck
13.持つ → 持( )
14.立つ → 立( )
15.勝つ → 勝( ) * 勝つ(かつ)[v] to win
The answer (´・ω・)
1.食べる → 食べ( て )
2.開ける → 開け( て )
3.渡す → 渡( して )
4.探す → 探( して )
5.書く → 書( いて )
6.泣く → 泣( いて )
7.泳ぐ → 泳( いで )
8.遊ぶ → 遊( んで )
9.学ぶ → 学( んで )
10.死ぬ → 死( んで )
11.買う → 買( って )
12.吸う → 吸( って )
13.持つ → 持( って )
14.立つ → 立( って )
15.勝つ → 勝( って )
How was today's lesson?
I'm pretty sure that even Japanese people can't explain 'bout te-form.
But let me say again that 'te-form' is a basic knowledge be4 going to next step.
If you have any question plz ask me.
I'll call it a day.
Thank you so much.
Peace.
ありがとうございました!