nalo6451
Kouhai
- 19 Feb 2017
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Hello friends.
So I'm currently learning short/casual form and wondering where もっている comes from. Specifically, when asking "Do you have a bicycle?" why is もっている used instead of もつ? If I were to ask "Do you drink coffee?" in casual form I would say "coffeeをのむ?" or if I ask "Do you eat fish?" I would say "さかなをたべる?". In each of these instances I just use the root form of the verbs, but when asking "Do you have a bicycle?" the root verb もつ is not used (じてんしゃをもつ)but instead もっている is used (じてんしゃをもっている?).
Why is this so?
So I'm currently learning short/casual form and wondering where もっている comes from. Specifically, when asking "Do you have a bicycle?" why is もっている used instead of もつ? If I were to ask "Do you drink coffee?" in casual form I would say "coffeeをのむ?" or if I ask "Do you eat fish?" I would say "さかなをたべる?". In each of these instances I just use the root form of the verbs, but when asking "Do you have a bicycle?" the root verb もつ is not used (じてんしゃをもつ)but instead もっている is used (じてんしゃをもっている?).
Why is this so?