～ている ①Is, Am, Are (~ing)

ている is often shortened to てる. This applies to all tenses, including てる, てて, てた, and even てます

Structure

Verb［て］+ いる
Verb［て］+ る

Détails

Classe grammaticale
Conjunctive Particle
Type de mot
Verb
Niveau de langue
Standard

À propos de ている①

ている is a construction used in Japanese to convey that someone or something is existing in a constant state of 'doing' the verb that comes before て. In English, depending on the verb, this can be translated as 'is (A)', 'am (A), or 'are (A)~ing'. The expression is made by adding いる to the て form of either る-Verbs, or う-Verbs.

Due to いる being one of the verbs for 'existing' in Japanese, the ている form means something closer to 'continuing to exist in a specific state', rather than (A)~ing in English. This is why verbs like 死(し)ぬ, and 知(し)る, appear as the ている form in Japanese, when they would appear as the past form in English.

Synonymes

Exemples

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何(なに)をしている？

Que fais-tu ?

寿司(すし)を食(た)べている。

Je mange des sushis.

今(いま)、勉強(べんきょう)していないよ。

Je n'étudie pas maintenant.

今(いま)、兄(あに)は寝(ね)ていません。

Mon frère aîné ne dort pas maintenant.

彼(かれ)は図書館(としょかん)で日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)しているだろう。

Il étudie le japonais à la bibliothèque, n'est-ce pas ?

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ている① – Discussion Grammaire

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mietolim
I figured after checking the correct answer that’s it’s probably related to that grammar point, still, it could be useful to have a mention of it in this grammar point to make it clear how it works. I assume there isn’t a separate lesson about the negative form of 〜ている later on.
tonbo
Was in the same boat as @mietolim here. In part because I’m following the Genki path and casual negation is actually covered after the basics of て. I agree, that a pointer would be nice as I also expected the page to be more “batteries included” in light of the other high quality info that is already there.
ctmf
Hey can I resurrect this thread to 2nd onekun’s confusion?

I think I get the ~ている as ongoing action concept, and even the ~てて conjuction of more than one verb phrase, but I would never think to use it like this

これを捨ててください (from one of the -ra pluralizer prompts)

How is this different from これを捨てください?

Edit: duh never mind the first て is part of the verb itself. Question not deleted so I can feel the shame.

(Still, I feel like I do see that ~てて sometimes when it’s not conjunctive, just never at a convenient time to catch it and ask. Still watching for a good example)