Interesting grammar?

Japanese Language Grammar
#8

Not entirely sure what that’s a screenshot of, but essentially this is basic verb conjugations rather than a separate grammar entity on its own. If you’ve got DBJG, read page 464.

Ribbing. Pure ribbing. :stuck_out_tongue:

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#9

No worries, I am never afraid of asking questions :wink: Thanks for defending me though :heart:

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#10

It’s Bunpro, I thought I’d get all I needed from there :cold_sweat:

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#11

I remember learning about the connective て form from CureDolly, so I know she covers it. ^^

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#12

Guess I should dive back into their videos :wink:

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#13

Tofugu… sorta covers it, but not well:


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#14

Oh wait! It’s like that thing.
I know the thing where you go like

山に登って、ケーキをたべた。

Just didn’t make the connection between the two.

Apparently I did know it, just hadn’t seen it this way. (I don’t read a lot as you might be surprised to learn)

(Also I am aware of te conjugation, just hadn’t seen it used in this scenario before)

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#15

I’m pretty sure I learned that a while ago but then forgot it because it was one of those “Easy enough to recognize from context” but also I won’t actually remember the rule if questioned at random. Thanks for the reminder!

Also, I have been getting absolutely owned by：
てあげる
てもらう
てくれる

て form connects verbs, て connects adjectives, て triad of evil connects to a pain in my moth… breathe

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#16

image

This has helped me a lot with those!

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#17

And most of the time I use this mnemonic.

When I give something to someone, I have less stuff, and I become agressive (あげる）
When someone gives something to me, I have more stuff, and I become cooler (くれる)

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#18

Strangely I think they only cover い-adjective conjugation - period - from the perspective of いい. いい: the last adjective you’ll ever need.

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#19

this is irrelevant but I’d just like to say I noticed there’s quite a number of people with cats as their profile picture…

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#20

Man, I thought for sure BP must have covered it somewhere, but they haven’t… That seems like a huge oversight. :sweat_smile: (On the Verb[て] form grammar point, it doesn’t even mention what it is used for (only external readings do. And て form for adjectives doesn’t seem to show up at all.)

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#21

@pushindawood?

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#22

Thanks for posting the question! For novice grammar learner like me, the discussion that follows such questions is very helpful. Also reminds that WK level and grammar exist in separate dimensions.

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#23

I think Bunpro is still a work in progress. :slightly_smiling_face:

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#24

You’ve made it very clear to us all that you haven’t experienced the NAIL-BITING adventure Mary Hart had in Kyoto. How many people were taking pictures of the temples? Did she find delicious and cheap omiyage for her host family?!?!? Find out the outcome and much more in Genki I!

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#25

@MissDagger and @TheFlaminMunch You are both right! We do not yet have a lesson dedicated to the conjunctive て, but we are working on writing it right now! The current Verb[て] lesson should also be expanded upon and be complemented by an Adj.[て] lesson. In the meantime, we do have the formal conjunctive, which accepts casual conjunctive answers, and behaves in a similar fashion to the conjunctive て. Thank you for your patience as we update the site. Cheers!

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#26

Tae Kim’s guide covers it pretty well.

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#27

funnily that was the first grammar i ever learned at university