Connecting form in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA nonfinite Japanese verb form used to connect a verb to auxiliary expressions and certain following constructions; it does not independently specify tense or politeness.

Definition in Japanese動詞をほかの表現につなぐ形で、この形だけでは時や丁寧さは決まりません。

Example sentences

• ここでは、どのて形(けい)を使(つか)えばいいですか。🔊

  Which connecting form do I use here?

• これってて形(けい)？🔊

  Is this the connecting form?

Learn it in a lesson

• Japanese て-Forms and Auxiliary Combinations

connecting form in other languages

• What connecting form means
• In Portuguese
• In French