te-Form (do...)

Either as a conjunction particle to connect two adjectives. Example:

yasukute oishii desu.

Or:

• To express a chain of actions in sequential order.
• To express a reason.
• To express a method.
• To show emphasis.

tabete kudasai        Please eat
tabete imasu          eating
tabete arimasu        i have been eaten
tabete shimaimashita  i am done eating
tabete hoshii         i want to eat (i.e. someone else should give you something)

Special te

kuru -> kite
suru -> shite

Kate says:

For the te form, particularly the group 1 verbs (the last three are group 3) I teach my class a song to the tune “Oh my Darling Clementime”

i, chi, ri - tte

bi, mi, ni - nde

ki - ite

gi - ide

shimasu - shite

kimasu - kite

ikimasu - itte