anyone got any rules to conjugate GROUP 1 verbs into ~te for

[remyremy]

hiyas =)

My textbook has a short table of examples of group 1 verbs being changed from ~ます　into ~て form, but not enough for me to notice the pattern. They also don't explain it either. Anyone have a few pointers?

Thanks in advance!~

[GyakuGirePanda]

aruku to walk arukimasu aruite
asobu to play asobimasu asonde
au to meet aimasu atte
hairu to enter hairimasu haitte
hajimaru to begin hajimatte
iku to go itte
kaeru to return kaette
kakaru to take kakatte
kaku to write kaite
kau to buy katte

I hope this helps...
this is a good website if you still dont understand.
http://japanese.about.com/bl_verbs.htm

[lomagu]

Hey, group 1 has the verbs with all the different endings, right? Basically, it goes like this:

any verb ending in
く　→　いて;　　　　 eg. 書く　→　書いて
ぐ　→　いで；　　　　eg. 急ぐ　→　急いで
ぶ・む　→　んで；　eg. 飛ぶ　→　飛んで　・　飲む　→　飲んで
う・る　→　って；　　eg. 言う　→　言って　・　帰る　→　帰って
す　→　して；　　　　eg. 話す　→　話して

I think that's all of them. They're exactly the same as the plain past form if you know those, except you're using て instead of た. hope this helps!

[Spaztick]

Yea, it's also good to remember that if there's a ぜんぜん on the kana (with the exception of む although I think that little line could counut) then the て form likewise has a ゼンゼン.

[Kates]

There's a little song I was taught:

u, tsu, ru, -tta
mu, bu, nu -nda
ku -ita, gu -ida
su -shita~

(the TA just becomes TE)

But since you can't hear me singing, it might be hard to imagine... >_>

[skrhgh3b]

say, now that you mention it, i was taught a song too... i just don't remember it lol

[ryuubu]

I learnt a song:

minasaaan minasaaan
te form wo oboemashou
i chi ri tte
mi bi nde
ki ite gi ite
shi shite

You'll get the hand of it. Also, nu becomes nde. shinu > shinde