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Posted on April 16th, 2008 by JapaneseGeek
Let’s say you are doing something. Like say for example, eating. You probably would want to tell a friend, I am eating in Japanese. So today we will learn on using -ている -teiru form.
たべる becomes たべている which means “Eating”
And to add the polite -masu form
たべている becomes たべています
Just drop the る and add the ます after it. This applies to all the -teiru forms
The -ている -teiru form acts as a similar manner to -ing. Let’s look at the chart below.
| たべる、食べる taberu (to eat) |
食べている tabete iru |
| はなす、話す hanasu (to speak) |
話している hanashite iru |
| あるく、歩く aruku (to walk) |
歩いている aruite iru |
| およぐ、泳ぐ oyogu (to swim) |
泳いでいる oyoide iru |
| よぶ、呼ぶ yobu (to call) |
呼んでいる yonde iru |
| のむ、飲む nomu (to drink) |
飲んでいる nonde iru |
| しぬ、死ぬ shinu (to die) |
死んでいる shinde iru |
| つくる、作る tsukuru (to make) |
作っている tsukutte iru |
| まつ、待つ matsu (to wait) |
待っている matte iru |
| あらう、洗う arau (to wash) |
洗っている aratte iru |
If you can memorize the chart above, that would be a good idea. But the main thing you have to remember is that all the verbs are changed to the て form. And after that just add the いる iru behind. That will give you the meaning for doing something progressively. The -ing that is.
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