Casual Contraction: ている( = teiru)→てん ( = ten), ておく( = teoku) →とく ( = toku) – Maggie Sensei: Japanese Learning Resources

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Maggie Sensei explains casual Japanese contractions like てる (teru) for ている (teiru) and てん (ten) for ている (teiru), showing how native speakers actually speak versus textbook forms.

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