H healer Sempai Joined 13 May 2019 Messages 687 Reaction score 10 21 Nov 2019 #51 Toritoribe said: The -te iru form of some transitive verbs can express the state, for instance, 店を開（あ）けている Click to expand... Is 開ける a punctual verb? Can a transitive verb be a punctual verb? Has it got to be a punctual transitive verb to express a state?
Toritoribe said: The -te iru form of some transitive verbs can express the state, for instance, 店を開（あ）けている Click to expand... Is 開ける a punctual verb? Can a transitive verb be a punctual verb? Has it got to be a punctual transitive verb to express a state?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 22 Nov 2019 #52 In that example, all yes.