ใใฆใใใฆ
...te, ...te
Doing ... and then ...
๐ธ Connecting Actions in Sequence ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Kinล wa nani o shimashita ka.
What did you do yesterday?
Rokuji ni okite, asagohan o tabemashita.
I woke up at 6 and ate breakfast.
Sorekara nani o shimashita ka.
What did you do after that?
Toshokan e itte, hon o karimashita.
I went to the library and borrowed a book.
Yoru wa ie de nani o shimashita ka.
What did you do at home at night?
Shawฤ o abite, nemashita.
I took a shower and went to bed.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
V1 te, V2 te, V3.
Doing V1, then V2, then V3.
- Pattern: V-te, V-te, V.
- Meaning: Connecting multiple actions in chronological order.
Depฤto e itte, kaimono o shimashita.
I went to the department store and did some shopping.
Kลhฤซ o nonde, shinbun o yomimasu.
I drink coffee and (then) read the newspaper.
๐ Explanation
To list multiple actions in the order they happen, you use the ใฆ-form of the verbs.
The tense of the entire sentence is determined by the final verb. Even if the actions happened in the past, the intermediate verbs remain in the te-form.
This structure implies a chronological sequence: 'I did A, and then B, and then C'.
Gohan o tabete, neru.
= 'Eat and then sleep.'
Gohan o tabete, nemashita.
= 'I ate and then I slept (past tense).'
๐ Quiz
Which sentence means 'I took a shower and went to bed'?