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Yuzuo Chan
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Meaning

Expresses an action in progress (is doing), a state that remains as the result of a change (is on, is open), or a continuing state (lives in, works at).

Conjugation

Vて + いる: Vて + います(polite)

Examples

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ミラーさんは電話でんわをかけています。
弟おとうとは部屋へやで本ほんを読よんでいます。
今いま、何なにをしていますか。
電気でんきはまだ点ついています。
今日きょうは空そらが曇くもっていますね。
私わたしは東京とうきょうに住すんでいます。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 私わたしは東京とうきょうに住すみます。(meaning "I live in Tokyo")
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 私わたしは東京とうきょうに住すんでいます。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: To describe a current state, use 住すんでいる. 住すみます means "will live" or a general intention, not the state of living there now.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 窓まどが開あけています。(meaning "The window is open")
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 窓まどが開あいています。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: For the resulting state, use the intransitive verb 開あく. 開あけています means "someone is opening or keeping something open" and takes an object marked with を.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: まだ宿題しゅくだいをしません。(meaning "I haven't done my homework yet")
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: まだ宿題しゅくだいをしていません。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: "Not yet" is expressed with まだ + the negative of ている (していません). しません means "won't do" or "don't do (habitually)".

Key points

Use it for what is happening now, for states that remain after a change (点ついている, 開あいている), and for continuing states (住すんでいる). The meaning depends on the verb: action verbs (読よむ, 食たべる) are usually "in progress", while change verbs (つく, 開あく) usually mean "in the resulting state". Vます alone usually means a habit or a future action, so it cannot describe what is happening now. Use まだ + ていません to say that something has not happened yet.
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