This thread is for grammar questions that are too short to create a new topic for them. We used to have a thread like this but it’s been archived. If your question is more comlplex, maybe do make a new thread. I’ll start: I know that in Japanese, 行く and 来る are from the perspective of the speaker, …

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If you can easily stop during an action and get back to it, it’s likely not stative!.. that’s the best I can help here…

Genki explains the Japanese progressive (～ている) pretty well in chapter 7.

Sometimes it helps me to think of ~ている form as “in a state of X.” So 結婚している means “I’m in a state of marriage” (I’m married). So when you say something like: アヤトはまだ宿題をしていない。 Ayato has not done his homework yet. It may help to read it as “Ayato is in a state of not having done his homework yet.”

Now we’re getting into negated progressive :joy: Honestly I think at this point it’s worth making a dedicated topic for the progressive form.

Sounds like I need to brush up on my grammar terms too…

I just made up the term “negated progressive” Here’s the new thread about ～ている: [image] The Japanese progressive Grammar Title says it. We’ve already discussed the basics in this other thread but let’s continue here. We left off with progressive plus ない. What is the dif…

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Must be. Anyway I narrowed the gap :slight_smile: It used to be some 30 hours, now only 17

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夏休みももう終わりだ。 Can someone please explain the purpose/function of the も that I “highlighted” in bold?

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Luviex August 9, 2017, 8:06pm 119

I just made up the term “negated progressive”

Here’s the new thread about ～ている:

What does 一時亭止 mean?

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