～て (Conjunction)And, Then (Linking events)

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  nekoyama

  Some points:

  • In English, “to remember” can express both “to commit something to memory” and “to recall something from memory”. 覚える can’t do that, it can only cover the “commit” part. For “recall”, you could use 思い出す.
  • Similarly, -てみる means “try” in the “try it and see” kind of sense. Do something and see how it goes. It doesn’t express a conscious effort to achieve something. For that, you could use the volitional + とする construction.
  • The comma after 昨日 looks weird because it makes it seem like the 昨日 applies to the entire sentence.
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  RezoneH

  Thank you very very much for your reply.

  If I have learned this issue incorrectly or incompletely, I would like you to correct me. I know that “てみる” is “used in situations where you are not sure whether you will be successful in doing an action.” am I wrong? and in ...

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  additionalramen

  Why do the reviews for this grammar point use fragment sentences?

  For example, review sentences include:

  • “To eat and then.”
  • “To wash and then.”
  • “To walk and then.”

  As an English speaker, these sentences are confusing because they’re incomplete, and since these are the sentences I see in my reviews, I feel like I’m not really reviewing how this particle is used in real life.

  Are these considered complete sentences in Japanese? Or is Bunpro showing us fragment sentences on purpose? If that is the case, why?