Japanese

ている

ている
Meaning: be ~ing; have done
Part of Speech: Auxiliary verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present ている ていない
Polite ています ていません
Past ていた ていなかった
Polite + Past ていました ていませんでした
Te-form ていて ていなくて
Potential ていられる ていられない
Passive ていられる ていられない
Causative ていさせる ていさせない
Imperative ていろ ているな

Example sentences

公園で子供たちが遊んでいる。
Children are playing in the park.
彼は最新のデータを注意深く分析している。
He is carefully analyzing the latest data.
彼女は新聞にエッセイを連載している。
She is serializing an essay in the newspaper.

Usage Notes

Expresses an ongoing action (present continuous) or a state resulting from an action that has finished.

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