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A-ing (Progressive tense)
  1. A-ing (Progressive tense)
  2. Describes a state after the action A takes place.
  3. A is the subject's customary actions.
いま             
I'm baking cookies at the moment.
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              また あとで      ください  
I'm eating dinner right now, so could you call me back later?
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   ニューヨーク         
I live in New York.
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My younger sister works for a bank.
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    TV     しています  
My brother is playing video games now.
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   こちら      います  
The family is heading this way.
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He is running now.
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      ばかり いて            
Lately I've only been playing and not studying.
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            あとで        
I'm on the train right now, so I'll call you again later.
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       してる  
Hello, what are you doing right now?

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AVerb: て-form
いる
Basic Examples:
べている (to be eating)

いている (to be writing)

Notes

This usage of ~ている shows action in progress, that is, actions that do not end after a moment.

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              また あとで      ください  
I'm eating dinner right now, so could you call me back later?

1. (これから)べる = まだべていない。 (I haven't yet eaten)
2. (べている。 (I am in the process of eating)
3. (もう)べた。 (The action of eating is finished)

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looh
Level: 16
(14 years ago)
The ている construction is often shortened to てる colloquially. You can also shorten ています to てます, but if you're already being polite you'd probably want to say the full thing anyway.

Example:
は、テレビゲームをしている。→ は、テレビゲームをしてる。
は、テレビゲームをしています。→ は、テレビゲームをしてます。
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Describes a state after the action A takes place.
  1. A-ing (Progressive tense)
  2. Describes a state after the action A takes place.
  3. A is the subject's customary actions.
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         まだ ついている  
Ah, I forgot! The TV is still on.
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     まだ           ください  
Ah! The window is still open. Please close it.
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       すでに         
I already know the cause of the accident.
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   たぬき          きっと              
A raccoon dog (tanuki) was dead on the street. It must have been hit by a car.
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My father is overweight.
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My younger sister is married.
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She is delighted to have had a child.
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きっと                  
I'm sure he knows, so let's ask him.
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Today's sky is cloudy.
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Yesterday was clear, but today is rainy.
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      まだ       
Yesterday's laundry is still wet.
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   まだ ついている     
The lights should still be on.

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Construction
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AVerb: て-form
いる
Notes

This usage of ~ている only shows a state, so it cannot show action or motion. Note the time progression that results in the following sentences.

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   たぬき          きっと              
A raccoon dog (tanuki) was dead on the street. It must have been hit by a car.

1. (これから)ぬ = きている。 (The dog is still living)
2. にました。 (This is an instantaneous change in state from living to dead)
3. (ずっと/も)んでいる。 (The result of the change still exists, as the dog is still dead)


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       すでに         
I already know the cause of the accident.

1. (これから)かる = からない。 (You don't yet know the cause)
2. かりました。 (This is an instantaneous change in state from not knowing to knowing)
3. (は)かっている。 (You found out and are still in a state of knowing the cause.)

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looh
Level: 16
(14 years ago)
The ている construction is often shortened to てる colloquially. You can also shorten ています to てます, but if you're already being polite you'd probably want to say the full thing anyway.

Example:
っている。→ ってる。
っています。→ ってます。

All the conjugations are the same, just without the extra い.

っていた。 -> ってた。 It had been raining.
っていない。 -> ってない。It did not rain.
っていなかった。 -> がふってなかった。It had not been raining.
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A is the subject's customary actions.
  1. A-ing (Progressive tense)
  2. Describes a state after the action A takes place.
  3. A is the subject's customary actions.
ひま とき ほん      
I read books when I have free time.
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    いつも         しています  
I always use the internet when I have free time.
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     CNN            
I watch the CNN news every morning.
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I eat vegetables every day.
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  いつも       くつろいでいます  
I am always relaxing and watching TV.
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    この    使       
I have been using this notebook for 2 years.
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I ride the bus every day.
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        しています   
I have a part-time job on Sundays.

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Construction
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AVerb: て-form
いる
Notes

This form of ~ている is often used with repetitive time nouns such as いつも, , , etc.

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looh
Level: 16
(14 years ago)
The ている construction is often shortened to てる colloquially. You can also shorten ています to てます, but if you're already being polite you'd probably want to say the full thing anyway.

Example:
、いつもインターネットをしている。→ 、いつもインターネットをしてる。
、いつもインターネットをしています。→ 、いつもインターネットをしてます。
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chibistar
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In the model sentence 「いもうとは、ぎんでつとめています。」”My younger sister works for a bank", the particle に would read better than で concerning the verb つとめる. Thus, 「いもうとは、ぎんにつとめています。」
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マイコー
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Thanks so much for catching that! Fixed it :)
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looh
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The ている construction is often shortened to てる colloquially. You can also shorten ています to てます, but if you're already being polite you'd probably want to say the full thing anyway.
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マイコー
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You should stick it in as a 'usage note' so you get credit for it! Since this page has three meanings that would all benefit from your notes, making 3 identical usage notes is completely acceptable.
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The title on this page itself is fine, but on the main grammar library page, this pattern shows up as てる. Again, I'm aware that いる uses the kanji る, but when combined with て-form, I'm pretty sure it's almost always written in kana.
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マイコー
Level: 256
Fixed!
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beckyr16
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The first usage reads "Describes a state after the action A takes place." I learned that it was used as a state of being. I am . . . married, short, tall, hot, cold. Is that right?
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マイコー
Level: 256
The first case (married), occurs after something takes place (marriage). Could you give me an example of those other states you gave, used in ている form?
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beckyr16
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When I learned them the first time, I guess it was things like marriage, death, etc. I think maybe I just hadn't connected the two. Thanks for asking :)
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マイコー
Level: 256
Definitely look under the 'notes' section on that first meaning - The way it shows the three 'stages' of an action (like dying) made it really clear for me when I first read it :)
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モモ
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Just noticed a typo- "Progessive tense" should be "Progressive tense".
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マイコー
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Thanks so much! Fixed it.
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Takana
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ありがとうございます :D :D
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ポリナ
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I just came across another usage of ている-form as a description of constante state (not action, as in the examples above). I don't think this usage is covered by the explanations above so I'll put it down here. ている-form in this case describes the constant state of things, the way they were from the very beginning. For example "はクラウデぃア・シファーにています" She looks like Claudia Schiffer (she did't start looking like Schiffer two days ago, but she always looked like her). このがっています。 This street has a turn (?? not sure how to put this in English). Here again, this street has always been this way and didn't get this turn in the course of time. So far though, I came across only two verbs that can be used in this way. Probably someone else here knows more of them?
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マイコー
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If fits under the first definition, except that the first one is a bit too restrictive and doesn't allow these examples. The second one actually does fit in - whoever made the road originally curved it during construction (the action), leaving it in a curved state. ています....that one doesn't, though. Let me think on it.
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