Japanese Language Grammar Pattern
–te iru 「-ている」 expressing result of a state
Japanese Language Grammar Pattern –te iru 「-ている」 expressing result of a state
This is also a grammar session’s article which is used as part of the discussion on Japanese language grammar pattern using –te iru (-ている) pattern. The other part can be seen in the article titled ‘Japanese Language Grammar Pattern –te iru 「-ている」 expressing ongoing action‘. Below is the overall translations using the grammar pattern :
Translation :
1. | ongoing action |
2. | repetitive action |
3. | result of a state |
In this article, the translation which is going to be used and discussed further is by giving the example and also the pattern for the translation which is expressing ‘result of a state’.
The Japanese language grammar pattern :
Kanji | : | … | + |
動詞「連用形」 : 動詞「-て形」 |
+ | いる |
Hiragana | : | … | + |
どうし「れんようけい」: どうし「-てけい」 |
+ | いる |
Romaji | : | … | + |
doushi 「renyoukei」: doushi –te kei |
+ | iru |
Meaning | : | … | + |
verb 「renyou form」: verb –te form |
+ | iru pattern |
This is an example in form of a sentence using the above pattern which is expressing ‘result of a state’ :
Kanji | : | お姉さんが結婚しています。 |
Hiragana | : | おねえさんがけっこんしています。 |
Romaji | : | Oneesan ga kekkon shite imasu. |
Meaning | : | My older sister is married. |
In the example shown above, the example itself is for the translation of ‘result of state’. The state which is shown as a result is the state of being married. It means that my older sister stated in the sentence has already married and currently or right now she is still in the state of being married. It is a result of the action done in the past but the result of it is still ongoing as the current state also.
The wedding process has already done in the past but the subject with in this case my older sister is still in the state of married as the result of the wedding process itself.
In the above example, the verb which is used is ‘kekkon suru’ and it is translated as ‘to marry’. Based on the above pattern to get the result state of being married, it needs to be changed into ‘kekkon shite’ + ‘imasu’ so that the purpose to show the result of state of being married.