てる

See also: でる

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

   I am waiting

Usage notes

Attaches to the continuative form of a verb. The contraction rules with 〜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 (teru), 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.