てる

See also: でる

Japanese

Suffix

てる • (-teru) ichidan (stem て (-te), past てた (-teta))

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of ている (-te iru).
    待(ま)ってる
    matteru
    to be waiting
Usage notes

Attaches to the continuative form of a verb. The contraction rules with ～て (～て) apply.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "てる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") て te
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") て te
Shūshikei ("terminal") てる teru
Rentaikei ("attributive") てる teru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") てれ tere
Meireikei ("imperative") てよ¹
てろ²		 teyo¹
tero²
Key constructions
Passive てられる terareru
Causative てさせる
てさす		 tesaseru
tesasu
Potential てられる
てれる³		 terareru
tereru³
Volitional てよう teyō
Negative てない
てぬ
てん		 tenai
tenu
ten
Negative continuative てず tezu
Formal てます temasu
Perfective てた teta
Conjunctive てて tete
Hypothetical conditional てれば tereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of てる – see the following entry.
【照る】
[verb] to shine
[verb] to be fine
(This term, てる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as てる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as てる.)
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