Is ～てる a contraction of ～ている?

[SusuKacangSoya]

^^ Topic title.

 

[lanthas]

Yes (search for "Colloquial contractions")

 

[Mike Cash]

^^ Topic title.

Goodness, you've been so quiet lately I thought you had left us.


ている -> てる
ておく -> とく
ては -> ちゃ
では -> じゃ
Etc etc etc

 

[Toritoribe]

Is ～てる a contraction of ～ている?

This might be needless to say, but that's except for dictionary forms (e.g. 当てる, 果てる, 捨てる) and potential forms (e.g. 勝てる, 待てる, 打てる).

 

[SusuKacangSoya]

Goodness, you've been so quiet lately I thought you had left us.


ている -> てる
ておく -> とく
ては -> ちゃ
では -> じゃ
Etc etc etc

It's a long story.

Thanks for the help, guys. And thanks for the extras, Mike, lol; never really knew about those. Guess I have to do a lookup on Potential forms sometimes soon.

 

[Toritoribe]

other major contractions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)#Japanese

potential form
Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia