Two sentences need your help please...

maxchu said:

Hi,
It's a conversation:
A: じゃ、いるいる 調べて、また でんわするよ。
B: ありがどう。 まってるよ。
Does the first sentence means 調べて（から）, また でんわするよ?
And the 2nd one means まって(い)るよ？
I am purely guessing here...
簡単 style is confusing me a lot...
Thanks in advance.
--max

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maxchu said:

Hi undrentide,
Thanks a lot for the prompt response.
So the 2nd one 待ってるよ = 待っているよ?
Is there any rule of ignoring characters like these two sentences?
--max

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nice gaijin said:

used just by itself, the て form can connect clauses; in this case, the different between just ～て and ～てから would be like the difference between "I'll look it up and call you back" and "I'll look it up, then call you back." The meaning doesn't really change, but I don't think から was specifically dropped from this sentence.

In casual conversation, lots of stuff gets dropped. ～ている to ～てる is just one example of this. Just wait until people start dropping particles on you

Also, in your first post, did you mean to say いろいろ?

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Glenn said:

Yeah, I thought it should have been いろいろ as well.
Some abbreviation rules:
High vowels lose: ている -> てる、てある -> たる, ておる -> とる
Not sure how to word this one, exactly, but it seems that semivowels get assimilated: ては -> ちゃ、では -> じゃ、れは -> りゃ (but also れば-> りゃ)
r/n converstion: わからない -> わかんない etc.
の／ん converstion: のだ -> んだ、ぼくのうち -> ぼくんち (notice that う also drops)
Note, though, that these don't happen everywhere. I would recommend just being aware of them at first so you'll know what you're dealing with when you encounter them, but not using them until you have a fair amount of experience.

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