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I was trying to write things like “I’m working on a new project & working with new people” & “Because I’m working on a new project, I’m working in Melbourne” etc.
So I wrote “working” in the resultant state/~ing form (~ています). But then when I went to write “& something else” or “Because I’m working X” I thought the verb has to be in straight up て form. Gah! Am I having a brain-fade (probably)? How do I make it work?
How do I accommodate the “~ing”-ness of the verb in these scenarios?
If I understand you correctly, this is what you are looking for.
働いてて
Something like 「～たり、～たりしています。」?
Also Mark, 働いてて should be 働いていて – if he’s writing things (especially in the ~masu style), is it not best to stay away from contractions like that? Would it not be better to practise the correct form first?
Aye – don’t forget, the いる in ～ている is a verb in its own right, and conjugates just like everything else.
“I’m -ing and” = ～ていて
“Because I’m -ing” = ～ていますから
Not sure if the ～たり～たり form is what’s needed here, because the meaning of that is more like “doing assorted things including X and Y”.
Yeah, I think I got confused there – I must have briefly saw where he wrote “& something else” and made the wrong connection.
Thanks Mark, Joel & Mister. Sorry if I wasn’t clear, my frustration seeping through no doubt.
Thinking of ～ている as verb in its own right helps.
Regarding: “Because I’m -ing” = ～ていますから”
I was looking at some notes this morning & thought for から the preceding verb had to be in dictionary form & not ~ます form, e.g. ～ているから. Is that incorrect?
The いる literally is a verb in its own right – it’s the いる meaning “to exist” for animate objects. 私はここにいる. So 働いている basically means “exist in a state of working”. I might be getting a little too linguistic now, though. =P
Either dictionary form or ます form can come before から. It’s gotta be dictionary form before ので, though.
Ok, cool, thanks. Add it to the list of corrections required in TF.
TF:
Verbs から
v.dict + から食べるから
Because (I) eat…
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