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AnonymousOkay so we have ている which is the present progressive. This is just adding いる to the verb in て-form.
Then we have just て. This would be a verb used in て form, and it refers to a command.
Or so I thought.
Recently I’ve been hearing random people and songs saying て not as a command but as if it was the present progressive. Like saying ている but no いる along with it. Is there some explanation for this? Or have I lost you and totally gone crazy?
You got an example sentence of this usage?
The て-form of verbs also means “and then” – as in, 食べて、サッカーをします = eating, and then playing soccer – but I’m not at all sure if that’s what you had in mind.
Anonymous^This, it implies something to come afterward.
Protip: Songs do whatever the fk they want, regardless of grammar
depending on the usage, it might not be the て form of the verb you’re hearing either.
it could be the quoting particle って but without an example, it’s impossible to know..
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