Warming Up for Te-Form for JBP-1 / Lesson 17

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Hello / こんにちは Here's a warming-up session for the "Te-Form" in Lesson 17 of JBP-1.

First, please watch the video clip of Anpan Man that contains lots of verbs in te-form throughout the song.

Here's the translations of each phrase as below;

 

むすんで/musunde : tighten palms

ひらいて/hiraite : open palms

てをうって/te o utte : clap hands (て means hands)

むすんで/musunde : tighten palms

 

また ひらいて/mata hiraite : open palms again (また/mata means "once again")

てをうって/te o utte : clap hands

その てを うえに/sono te o ue ni : raise those hands up

 

むすんで/musunde : tighten palms

ひらいて/hiraite : open palms

てをうって/te o utte : clap hands

むすんで/musunde : tighten palms

 

また ひらいて/mata hiraite : open palms again

てをうって/te o utte : clap hands

その てを したに/sono te o shita ni : hold those hands down

 

Now, these are mas-form of above verbs as follows;

むすびます／to tighten　→　むすんで

ひらきます／to open　→　ひらいて

うちます／to beat　→　うって

I know you're wondering how these verbs conjugate from mas-form to te-form.

The clue is in the chart below!

Once you become familiar with the melody in the video, change the underlined lyric part to below;

 

Te-from song (click here to listen to the song)

 

い、ち、り、って/i, chi, ri, tte

み、び、に、んで/mi, bi, ni, nde

き、いて/ki, ite

ぎ、いで/gi, ide

し、して/shi, shite

Got it?

As long as you feel comfortable with the Warming Up Chart above, you'll find it easy to start Lesson 17.

がんばってね。