Grammar Info
N5 Lesson 7: 7/13

~て (Sequence)
And, And then, After that (sequence)

Structure
Verb[て]+ (Action) Phrase
Details
Part of Speech Particle
Word Type Conjunctive Particle
Register Standard
品詞 助詞
単語の種類 接続助詞
使用域 一般
Information
The form of a verb, followed by another verb phrase is often translated to ‘then’, or ‘and then’, and is how Japanese lists sequences of events that happen one after another.
  • ショッピングセンター行(い)っ、買(か)い物(もの)します
    To go to the mall and then shop.
  • パン買(か)っ、食(た)べ
    I bought some bread, then ate it.
Caution
This grammar construction is used for listing things that happen in order, for example ‘I did (A), then (B), then (C)’. Other grammar structures will need to be used if you would like to talk about things that happen/happened in no particular order. For example たり~たりする, which will appear in a sentence like ‘I did things like (C), and (A), oh, and (B)!’
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晩(ばん)ご飯(はん)食(た)べ歯(は)磨(みが)いた
I ate dinner and brushed my teeth.
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ともこ鍵(かぎ)かけ出(で)かけました
Tomoko locked up the house and left.
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明日(あした)時(じ)起(お)き朝(あさ)ごはん食(た)べ買(か)い物(もの)行(い)きます
Tomorrow I will wake up at 9 (and), eat breakfast, and go shopping.
[The て-form can be used more than once in a sentence]
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Books
Genki I 2nd Edition
Page 152
Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
Page 105
みんなの日本語 I
Page 104 [CH 16]