Grammar Info

N5 Lesson 10: 3/12

～て (Adjectives and Nouns)And... (Conjunctive)

Structure

［い］Adjective［い］ + く + て
おもしろい + く + て
新(あたら)しい + く + て

［な］Adjective + で
しずか + で
好(す)き + で

Noun + で
先生(せんせい) + で
仕事(しごと)+ で

Exceptions:
いい→よくて

Details

  • Part of Speech

    Adjective + Conjunctions

  • Word Type

    Particle / Auxiliary Verb

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About Adjective + て・Noun + で

The て form of an い-Adjective, or で form of a noun (or な-Adjective) is exactly the same as the て form of a verb, in that it carries the meaning of 'and', and is used for linking. It will allow us to list multiple qualities/traits of something.

For い-Adjectives, we will need to change the last い to く (the form used for conjugation), and then simply add て.

For nouns and な-Adjectives, we will need to add で to the base form (not な or だ).

It should be noted that て and で are different structures here. て is the same conjunction particle that is used with verbs (meaning that い-Adjectives are similar to verbs), while で is actually a form of だ that is used for conjugation. It is the same で as the one that is used in the formal version of だ, である. Which we will learn later.

Caution

Like other て forms (ている 1, ている 2, and ている 3), the て (or で) form of other words can have several possible meanings. These meanings are as follows.

Linking - Like 'and' in English.

Reasons - Like 'with (A)', or 'because of (A)' in English.

Manner - Like 'to do (B) in an (A) way' in English.

  • あの人(ひと)は綺麗(きれい)で優(やさ)しい。
    That person is beautiful and nice.
  • 大雨(おおあめ)でバスが止(と)まりました。
    The bus stopped with rain. (With rain as the reason)
  • 私(わたし)はご飯(はん)を急(いそ)いで食(た)べる。
    I eat food in a hurry.

Caution

As with all other conjugations of いい, remember that it will be よくて, and not いくて.

Related

Examples

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    新(あたら)しい → あたらしくて

    new → new and...

      新(あたら)しい → あたらしくて

      New → New and...

      大(おお)きい → 大(おお)きくて

      Big → Big and...

      嫌(きら)い → 嫌(きら)いで

      Dislike → Dislike and...

      嫌(きら)い → 嫌(きら)いで

      dislike → dislike and...

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          Adjective + て・Noun + で – Grammar Discussion

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          • Jake

            Jake

            [て-form]
            and…
            conjunctive

            Structure

            • い-Adj.[ て ] → おもしろい → おもしろく て
            • な-Adj.[ で ] → しずか → しずか で
            • Noun[ で ] → 先生 → 先生 で
            • Exception: いい → よく て

            [With its meaning being well approximated with the English “and,” the て-form’s basic function is to connect clauses, sentences, verbs, etc.]

            [Depending on context (the relationship between connected clauses), the meaning can be further specified to express: a sequence of actions, a reason/cause, a means/manner of doing something, requests, and actions in parallel states]

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          • GregX999

            GregX999

            None of the examples are actual sentences. Do you just use this like “and” in english? Like…
            魚で肉を食べる。(I eat fish and meat.)
            or…
            私の車は千咲で赤いです。(My car is small and red.)

          • Pushindawood

            Pushindawood

            @GregX999 Hey! This grammar point just covers the conjugations of the て-form with adjectives and nouns. Make sure to check out Adjective[て] + B in the following lesson and the grammar that appears in the Related Grammar section at the bottom of the Meaning page for example sentences.

            You are correct that this grammar point is approximated with the English “and.” The て-form’s basic function is to connect clauses, sentences, verbs, etc. Depending on the context (the relationship between connected clauses), the meaning can be further specified to express: a sequence of actions, a reason/cause, a means/manner of doing something, requests, and actions in parallel states. Cheers!

          • Superpnut

            Superpnut

            Hey uhh, I don’t know if it is just me but the grammar point that is on bunpro right now is terrible. It’s just a mess of arrows and + signs and I really don’t have a clue what it is trying to say. The grammar point that pushindawood has up there makes a lot more sense then whatever is on the site. It seems like a pretty simple point but what does
            "

            Structure

            ［い］Adjective［て］ ￫ ［い］Adjective［い］+ く + ておもしろい ￫ おもしろい + く + て ￫ おもしろくて
            ［な］Adjective［て］ ￫ ［な］Adjective + でしずか ￫ しずか + で ￫ しずかで
            Noun［で］ ￫ Noun + で先生 ￫ 先生 + で ￫ 先生で

            Exceptions: いい ￫ よくて
            "
            I mean what is that? I don’t know how to read that at all please send help.

          • EdBunpro

            EdBunpro

            I assume you’ve read the structured legend yeah? Instead of just having the end-point conjugation it walks you through every step and what you’ll need to add in each said step. For i-adjective in particular it’s basically saying first you remove the い, then you add く, then you implement て (not で, for example).

            I think you’re confused because there’s a spacing issue on the main grammar page. after く＋て for i-adjectives, おもしろ xxxxxx should be on a new line in ( ) to show the example in work. A dev can jump in and answer better, but I think that seems to be the case. This is a common flow-chart for grammar points on the site (the arrows, etc.) but I don’t remember them looking like this. Perhaps something got a lil’ messed up when some formatting changes happened awhile ago? At least you understand the grammar point

          • Superpnut

            Superpnut

            I tried checking the legend but I was kind of frustrated at that point so it didn’t help. But ya I think I’m confused because of the spacing, I can’t tell where one step starts or ends. I just wanted to say something because if you don’t say anything they wont know that someone found it confusing.

          • mrnoone

            mrnoone

            @Superpnut
            Thank you for the feedback!
            I am extremely sorry for the problems

            I have improved the readability:

          • Superpnut

            Superpnut

            Ya now even a dummy like me can understand it! Thanks for listening

          • mrnoone

            mrnoone


            We always listen to the feedback!

          • chroipahtz

            chroipahtz

            Why do we learn this point so much later than other points that use more specific examples of [adjective]くて? Doing my reviews for those earlier points has been so confusing because I can never remember why I’m adding these く (except for くない which I internalized quickly). I’m wondering if I missed something.

          • OldRosy

            OldRosy

          • IcyIceBear

            IcyIceBear

            きらい is な adjective so it should be 嫌いで

            It looks like an い adjective and there’s so way to tell it’s not in this case, it’s one you just have to remember. Don’t worry, it’s one of few

          • OldRosy

            OldRosy

            Thank you!

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