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You mean like this example of the 'te' form ? Not really compound verbs.Damicci said:Where can I learn about double verbs such as: 私の車は走ってなくて困った。
I just laerned a little about them yesterday and see this combination of verbs is used quite often.
There's a colloquialism going on here. To put it more grammatically, it would be:Damicci said:私の車は走ってなくて困った。
nice gaijin said:Krazy is right about ~なくて being simply the ~て form of negative verbs. I think of a compound verb as one that combines a stem form with another verb, like 取り替える. Otherwise we're just linking verbs together.
Also, remember that ~なくて and ~ないで are different; the first is used to link verbs, like 走らなくて困る is "It doesn't run and I'm in trouble," whereas 読まないで分かる is more like "I understand it without reading it" The other use of ~ないで you probably already know is to use it for a negative request 写真を撮らないでください。
JimmySeal said:There's a colloquialism going on here. To put it more grammatically, it would be:
私の車は走っていなくて困った。
Elizabeth said:It's more common in the affirmative, but how about 車が走ってくれなくて ?