Connecting Phrases: -Te Form vs. -Masu Stem

Have you ever wondered about sentences in which two parts are connected by a verb in the ～ます stem form instead of the ～て form, as in 公園に行き、友達に会った? In this video, your friendly Japanese teacher compares and contrasts key uses of both the -te form and -masu stem (also called the verb stem, continuative, and 連用形).

0:00 Introduction and summary
2:18 Review of ～て form functions
3:17 Examples with the ～て form
5:00 Defining the ～ます stem
6:38 Examples with the ～ます stem
8:27 Indicating the manner of the main verb
10:35 Review

#japanese #japanesegrammar #teform #masustem #continuative #連用形

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Wow, this was an unbelievably solid explanation which directly pinpointed what I was looking for.

[DancingLederhosen]

The adverbial usage of て form shown in this video has opened up my brain to a lot of new possibilities!

I really like the ability to use verbs as describers for other verbs in a way that feels more open than English usage of adverbs, adverbial clauses and adverbial phrases. I imagine「歩いて帰りました」has some connotative differences from, say, 「家へ歩きます」or 「ゆっくり帰りました」. I look forward to the day that my level of mastery in Japanese is high enough for me to fully understand those differences. 🙂

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[nancymatsumoto]

Bless you, Brian, for having the grammatical mind and patience to explain these points so clearly!

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いいですね。I was amazed by your hand movement synchronization to the text overlay.

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Wonderful explanation!
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[georgemonnatjr.]

I can't give this video enough thumbs up. I was actually reading the Obon Society and The Neighbor series on Satori Reader and kept seeing masu stem forms and し ending phrases which confused me as to whether that was the particle し or masu stem of する. Fortunately Satori Reader is excellent at explaining and pointed out it was the latter which led me on a surfing hunt for masu stem usage - that led me right back to Satori Reader here on YT and this most excellent video. Thank you so much for improving my Japanese skills and understanding! [And I absolutely love Satori Reader, please keep it going; most highly recommend to other students of Japanese]

[Arctagon]

Ah, I remember when I saw this pattern for the very first time. My reaction: ‘What sorcery is this!?’

As with most things I don't understand, it bothered me quite a bit, and it did so for quite some time, but I decided to just ignore it. I've since kind of forgotten about it, and haven't really thought about how it differs from テ形, so it's nice to have it laid out in the plain.

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[frushlife]

Great explanation - I was wondering this exact thing recently

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Very useful, clearly explained. Thanks

[Daniel-becj]

Excellent lesson! You guys should make a prominent link to this channel somewhere on the site. I only found the video in the comments of one of the lessons but I haven't seen it linked to anywhere else

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[myrnarak]

This is GREAT Brian. You do a good job trying to explain and you also speak with great annunciation to the words you use. I wish you a prosperous future.

[cffeineaddict]

Great video, Brian. Maybe a good follow-up video to this would be explaining why Japanese uses states like "hurrying" with the -Te form and how to better interpret them. Those still trip me up from time to time, especially if I was making my own sentences vs reading sentences. When I read them in sentences, they make sense, but I don't always think to speak that way when I'm trying to express something.