Category: て form

～てあげる and ～てもらう If you haven’t already, please read the giving and receiving page. てあげる and てもらう are used to express giving and receiving actions. てあげる and てもらう both use を and に just...

Preparation and Trying ておく To prepTransitive verb て form +おく The ～ておく means “To do in advance/leave in a state for some purpose”. There is an intent behind the action.  Examples ドアを開けておく – I’ll...

～てしまう To Regret RegretVerb て form ＋ しまう The most common usage of てしまう is to express regret or sadness. Since it expresses feeling about something, It is typically used in and about the...

ても and でも Even ifVerb/い Adjective て form + もNoun/な Adjective + でも ても/でも is used to express “even if”. It is the て form followed by emphasis も。This pattern pattern typically expresses something...