~teiru sentences

Dante17

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Hi there. In my book I've got some sentences that want me to use the ~te iru form and it's function if describing a result of a change. I've answered a few sentences below and would appreciate it if someone could mark them.

1) otousan wa nani wo shite imasu ka?

2) okaasan wa nani wo shite imasu ka?

3) oneesan wa tsutomete imasu ka?

Please keep in mind that with my answers, my book hasn't really said anything about the father and mothers activities, but only where they live, their age and their jobs. This is why I've answered the first two sentences with their careers and not an activity.

My answers:

1) otousan wa ginkou de hataraite imasu.

2) okaasan wa byoin de hataraite imasu.

With 3, I couldn't work out how to answer because the book says that she is a college student and does not specify a career, so I put:

3) oneesan wa hatarakimasen. Daigakusei desu.

For 3, how would I answer it using the teiru form?

Thanks for reading, really appreciate it :)
 
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What does your textbook say about the -te iru form? What is the -te iru form of "hataraku"?
 
I believe it'd be " hataraite imasu"
 
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Right. What is the difference between "hatarakimasu" vs "hataraite imasu" or "hatarakimasen" vs "hataraite imasen"?
 
I don't actually think there is one :/ I dunno... I've only just started this, sorry :(
 
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"Hatarakimasen" expresses the subject's will, thus it's more close to "My sister won't work / My sister is not going to work", so you need to use the negative -te iru form instead of the present negative form here, since the -te iru form expresses the present state.

Your textbook doesn't explain about this?
 
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Well, I was going to go over it again tomorrow. It doesn't really explain specific verbs, just the te iru form/method

Thanks for clearing it up :3 are the first two sentences okay?
 
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Yeah, those are both correct. You should differentiate between the short vowel and the long vowel, though. it's not byoin, but byōin or byouin.
 
Ah, alrighty. Thanks for helping :)
 
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