Progressive Form #2
1. We learned that "V-te+iru" describes one's (present) progressive
action.
The form, "V-te+iru", itself is informal in terms of
speech style.
But Japanese people often use the contracted
form of "V-te+ru".
The mechanism is quite simple.
All you have to do is drop /i/ sound.
Let's PracticeSay the contracted progressive forms
of the following verbs.
2. When you want to ask: "What are you doing?
You say: "Nani, shiteru?"
If you want to ask: "What is Chris doing?
You say: "Chris, nani shiteru?".
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