What is the meaning of て?
The hiragana syllable て (te). Its equivalent in katakana is テ (te). It is the nineteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行え段 (ta-gyō e-dan, “row ta, section e”).
the conjunctive ending, attaching to the ren'yōkei of verbs and adjectives.
- simply indicates separate actions or states that occur simultaneously; and
simply indicates separate actions or states that occur simultaneously; and
indicates actions or states that occur successively; do something and
indicates reason or cause; because doing something
used as a contrastive conjunction; do something but
indicates method or state
followed by hojodōshi (subsidiary verbs, corresponding to auxiliary verbs in western languages) such as いる (iru), ある (aru), やる (yaru), くれる (kureru), あげる (ageru), もらう (morau), おく (oku), くる (kuru), いく (iku), etc., to make their complement
used in the form …て…て (… te … te) to show emphasis or repetition
ては (-te wa) and ても (-te mo) make conditional clauses
used in sentence-final position, an extension of the conjunctive particle above and simply omitting any following words; usually takes the form って when attaching to adjectives
- used to seek opinion or ask a question
used to seek opinion or ask a question
short for てください (-te kudasai) or てくれ (-te kure): makes a light command or request, usually followed by よ (yo) or ね (ne)
short for ている (-te iru)
- indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)
indicates the speaker's opinion or judgment; usually followed by よ (yo)
alternative form of the quotative particle って (tte), used after ん (n)
Source: wiktionary.org
- used to seek opinion or ask a question
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