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て

てteN5neutral

savor + (and…)

ajiwatte

and; and then; by doing — joins one part to the next

meaning: savor and

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • +って
  • 味あじわって

毎朝まいあさ六時ろくじに味あじわって、犬いぬの散歩さんぽに行いきます。

maiasa rokuji ni ajiwatte, inu no sanpo ni ikimasu.

Every morning I savor and take the dog for a walk. neutral

昨日きのうは駅えきから歩あるいて帰かえったよ。

kinou wa eki kara aruite kaetta yo.

I walked home from the station yesterday. casual

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and then — actions in order, tense carried by the last part

  1. 毎朝まいあさ六時ろくじに起おきて、犬いぬの散歩さんぽに行いきます。

    maiasa rokuji ni okite, inu no sanpo ni ikimasu.

    Every morning I get up and take the dog for a walk. neutral

  2. 昨日きのうは友達ともだちに会あって、映画えいが見みて、カラオケ行いったよ。

    kinou wa tomodachi ni atte, eiga mite, karaoke itta yo.

    Yesterday I met a friend, saw a movie, and went to karaoke. casual

  3. 用紙ようしにご記入きにゅういただいて、係かかりの者ものにお渡わたしください。

    youshi ni go kinyuu itadaite, kakari no mono ni owatashi kudasai.

    Please fill in the form and hand it to a member of staff. formal

and — links descriptions of one thing, each word's own て-form

  1. この部屋へやは広ひろくて、家賃やちんも安やすいです。

    kono heya wa hiro kute, yachin mo yasui desu.

    This room is spacious and the rent is cheap too. neutral

  2. うちの犬いぬ、小ちいさくて、すごく人懐ひとなつっこいんだ。

    uchi no inu, chiisakute, sugoku hitonatsukkoi n da.

    Our dog is small and super friendly. casual

  3. この辺へん、静しずかできれいだよ。

    kono hen, shizuka de kirei da yo.

    It's quiet and clean around here. casual

  4. 姉あねは看護師かんごしで、大阪おおさかに住すんでいます。

    ane wa kangoshi de, oosaka ni sunde imasu.

    My older sister is a nurse and lives in Osaka. neutral

by doing — names the means or manner behind what follows

  1. 昨日きのうは駅えきから歩あるいて帰かえったよ。

    kinou wa eki kara aruite kaetta yo.

    I walked home from the station yesterday. casual

  2. 分わからない言葉ことばは、辞書じしょを使つかって調しらべます。

    wakaranai kotoba wa, jisho o tsukatte shirabemasu.

    I use a dictionary to look up words I don't know. neutral

How it's formed4

Notes

The で after a noun or な-adjective is だ's own て-form (姉あねは看護師かんごしで…),
not the で of place or means.