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	You've already learned that you can <strong>link verbs</strong> by putting them in the <strong>て-for</strong>m.
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    You can also link a negative verb with other verbs and clauses by putting them in the plain negative form,
    which ends in <strong>ない</strong>, and then replacing the final <strong>い</strong> with <strong>なくて</strong>.
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    Just as with positive verbs,
    there is an implicit sense of succession with this pattern so that the actions are taken to occur in the order in which they are mentioned.
    Moreover, there's often a sense of cause and effect.
    That's why the pattern <strong>〜なくて</strong> is also often translated using the word <strong>so</strong>.
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Linking negative verbs with 〜なくて

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	In this lesson we will practice linking verbs and clauses using the pattern <strong>て-form + て-form</strong>. While there are other ways to
	chain verbs/clauses together this is the most commonly used method. Please note that there is an implicit sense of succession with this pattern
	so that the actions are taken to occur in the order in which they are mentioned. Unlike with <strong>て-form + から</strong>, you can link as many clauses/verbs together as you like. 
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Linking verbs and clauses with the て-form

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

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godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

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The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

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Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

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い-adjectives and な-adjectives

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Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

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Hiragana 4

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Negating verbs

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Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

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The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

Question	Answer
to not do 〜 and ...; to not do 〜 so ...	〜なくて〜nakute
I didn't read the book and went to sleep.	本ほん　を　読よまなくて、　寝ねました。hon o yomanakute, nemashita.
I couldn't take the airplane and went by train.	飛ひ行こう機き　に　乗のれなくて、　電でん車しゃ　で　行いきました。hikouki ni norenakute, densha de ikimashita.
I couldn't go to the hospital, so I rested at home.	病びょう院いん　に　行いけなくて、　家いえ　で　休やすみました。byouin ni ikenakute, ie de yasumimashita.
I can't eat pork, so I'm ordering chicken.	豚ぶた肉にく　は　食たべられなくて、　鶏とり肉にく　を　注ちゅう文もんします。butaniku wa taberarenakute, toriniku o chuumonshimasu.

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