lanthas Joined 27 Apr 2014 Messages 940 Reaction score 243 20 Oct 2014 #2 Yes (search for "Colloquial contractions")
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 20 Oct 2014 #3 SusuKacangSoya said: ^^ Topic title. Click to expand... 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
SusuKacangSoya said: ^^ Topic title. Click to expand... 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 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 20 Oct 2014 #4 SusuKacangSoya said: Is ～てる a contraction of ～ている? Click to expand... 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 said: Is ～てる a contraction of ～ている? Click to expand... 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 先輩 Joined 29 Jun 2014 Messages 107 Reaction score 14 21 Oct 2014 Thread starter #5 Mike Cash said: 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 Click to expand... 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.
Mike Cash said: 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 Click to expand... 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 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 21 Oct 2014 #6 other major contractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)#Japanese potential form Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia
other major contractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)#Japanese potential form Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia