The て form will be useful to learn because it’s used for various grammatical purposes. First, let’s learn how to form the て form. In the next post, we’ll learn the various uses for this form.

With RU verbs, the て form is constructed by taking off the る and adding て:

おきる (to get up) becomes おきて

ねる (to sleep) becomes ねて

With U verbs, it’s a little complex.

For U verbs that end in く drop the く and add いて:

きく (to listen, to hear) becomes きいて

There is an exception to this rule:

いく (to go) becomes いって

For U verbs that end in う, つ, る, drop the last syllable and add って

てつだう (to help) becomes てつだって

もつ (to hold, carry) becomes もって

はいる (to enter) becomes はいって

To form the て form of U verbs that end in む, ぶ, and ぬ, drop the last syllable and add んで

やすむ (to rest) becomes やすんで

はこぶ (to carry) becomes はこんで

しぬ (to die) becomes しんで

To form the て form of ぐ verbs, drop the ぐ and add いで

いそぐ (to hurry) becomes いそいで

With U verbs that end in す, drop the す and add して

けす (to erase) becomes けして

する (to do) is irregular and will be して

くる (to come) is also irregular and will become きて

 

 

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