Making -ing

• Basically how to make the て te form.
  1. のむ nomu のんで nonde (to drink)
  2. たべる taberuたべて tabete (to eat)
  3. する suruして shite (to do)

• います is the masu form of いる

KEY SENTENCE: Please repeat several times:

NOTE: Just like the English ~ing, it is assumed the action started in the past and continues now.

To use the form, change the first verb into the 'te' form. Then add the 'iru' or 'imasu.'

NOTE: Sometimes the English doesn't use ~ing. But it still describes what is being done NOW.

ゴジラは怒っています。
gojira wa okotte imasu.
Godzilla is angry. (angrying)

熊のプーさんがかっこういいと思っています
kuma no pu- san ga kakkouii to omotte imasu.
I think Winnie the Pooh is cool.
(思っています omotteimasu - thinking or even now I think...)

NOTE: You may also use this form when stating things that are done on a regular basis: (even if you are not presently doing the activity)

毎日、日本語を一時間勉強しています。
mai nichi, nihongo wo ichi jikan benkyou shite imasu.
Everyday, I study Japanese for an hour.

MORE EXAMPLES:

• 泣いている naite iru (or 泣いています) "be cryING"
• 話している hanashite iru "be talkING"
• スカイダイビングしている sukaidaibingu shite iru "be skydivING"

NOTE: Last thing - One exception: Movement verbs

• 日本に行っています。nihon ni itte imasu. (He) went to Japan. (and is still there)
• ここにきています。koko ni kite imasu. (He) came here. (and is still here)
• うちに帰っています。uchi ni kaette imasu. (He) returned home. (and is still there)