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Describing Activities in Japanese

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by Morris Servaessen | 20 Mar 2023 Describing Activities in Japanese

Introduction

When you want to describe a sequence of events or actions, you use the te-form to create a sentence.

The sentence structure looks as follows:

I did this..., (then I did that..., and) then I did that.

Example:

私は、ロンドンに行って、(買い物をして、)昼ご飯を食べました。
I went to London, did some shopping, and have lunch.

The te-form functions as "and" in a sentence.

... and ... and ...

Present tense:

て(で)、て(で)、します。

Past tense:

て(で)、て(で)、しました。

It is also good to mention you cannot join verbs by using と which is only used for joining nouns.