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- 5 Dec 2014
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Started learning Japanese by myself not too long ago and so far I have learned the –te iru form along with the present and past long and short forms. Getting confused about a few things, especially since it's late at night right now. Can someone just check if I understood correctly/incorrectly or missed something?
Present, present progressive, present perfect (long / short form)
1) I eat = watashi wa tabemasu / watashi wa taberu
I do not eat = wtashi wa tabemasen / watashi wa tabenai
I wake up = watashi wa okimasu / watashi wa okiru
I do not wake up = watashi wa okimasen / watashi wa okinai
2) I am eating = watashi wa tabete imasu / watashi wa tabete iru
I am not eating = watashi wa tabete imasen / watashi wa tabete inai
I am awake = watashi wa okite imasu / watashi wa okiteiru
I am not awake = watashi wa okite imasen / watashi wa okitenai (?)
3) I have eaten = same conjugation as "I ate"
I haven't eaten = watashi wa tabete imasen
I have woken up = same conjugation as "I woke up"
I haven't woken up = watashi wa okite imasen / what is the short form???
Since te imasu expresses the present progressive, do I still use 2) if I want to say "I am waking up" instead of "I am awake"? And just use the context to determine which one is being expressed?
Past simple, past progressive (long / short form)
4) I ate = watashi wa tabemashita / watashi wa tabeta
I did not eat = watashi wa tabemasen deshita / watashi wa tabenakatta
I woke up = watashi wa okimashita / watashi wa okita
I did not wake up = watashi wa okimasen deshita / watashi wa okinakatta
5) I was eating = watashi wa tabete imashita / watashi wa tabete itta
I wasn't eating = watashi wa tabete imasen deshita / what is the short form????
I was awake = watashi wa okite imashita / watashi wa okite itta
I wasn't awake = watashi wa okite imasen deshita / what is the short form????
Likewise, I'm assuming te imashita expresses the past progressive. So does 5) also express "I was waking up"?
Thanks for taking your time! J
Present, present progressive, present perfect (long / short form)
1) I eat = watashi wa tabemasu / watashi wa taberu
I do not eat = wtashi wa tabemasen / watashi wa tabenai
I wake up = watashi wa okimasu / watashi wa okiru
I do not wake up = watashi wa okimasen / watashi wa okinai
2) I am eating = watashi wa tabete imasu / watashi wa tabete iru
I am not eating = watashi wa tabete imasen / watashi wa tabete inai
I am awake = watashi wa okite imasu / watashi wa okiteiru
I am not awake = watashi wa okite imasen / watashi wa okitenai (?)
3) I have eaten = same conjugation as "I ate"
I haven't eaten = watashi wa tabete imasen
I have woken up = same conjugation as "I woke up"
I haven't woken up = watashi wa okite imasen / what is the short form???
Since te imasu expresses the present progressive, do I still use 2) if I want to say "I am waking up" instead of "I am awake"? And just use the context to determine which one is being expressed?
Past simple, past progressive (long / short form)
4) I ate = watashi wa tabemashita / watashi wa tabeta
I did not eat = watashi wa tabemasen deshita / watashi wa tabenakatta
I woke up = watashi wa okimashita / watashi wa okita
I did not wake up = watashi wa okimasen deshita / watashi wa okinakatta
5) I was eating = watashi wa tabete imashita / watashi wa tabete itta
I wasn't eating = watashi wa tabete imasen deshita / what is the short form????
I was awake = watashi wa okite imashita / watashi wa okite itta
I wasn't awake = watashi wa okite imasen deshita / what is the short form????
Likewise, I'm assuming te imashita expresses the past progressive. So does 5) also express "I was waking up"?
Thanks for taking your time! J