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- "名前を書いてください。"
"名前を書いてください。"
Translation:Please write your name.
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And for those unfamiliar with what progressive form is, it's for when you are currently doing something.
Ex: 私の名前を書いています。 I am writing my name.
... I think
Yes, that's right. You can use it in the past tense too to say, 'I was doing something' 'Ringo o tabete imashita' ( I was eating an apple) as opposed to, I ate an apple.
The て form is used to connect the verb to other parts of speech, like another verb or another sentence clause.
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Why is "Please write my name" rejected I would have thought that if it was someone's else name it should be "お名前"
I thought the same thing. I'm not sure if there is enough context. For example in a previous exercise both "where did you/I sit" were accepted. I thought this should be accepted for the same reason
The word for write sounds like かぃ in the audio, but when I click on the characters individually the production is very different. Does that character have a different production in this context, or is my audio messed up?
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Look at the spelling 書いて （かいて）- kaite - the te form of kaku - that's why it sounds like kai because it is kai in this form. Also I think you got pronunciation mixed up with production.
It technically would, but without the correct context, it would probably be interpreted as "write your name", not "write my name".
This is what I wrote, "名前を書いて下さい," but Duolingo said I missed a word, and the word/hiragana was "よ." I didn't hear a よ.
does this sound the exact same as returning home "kairi" in present form or whatever or am I wrong
"To return/go (home)" is 帰る（かえる）、and the て form of 書く、which is making a request in this sentence, is かいて。
This sounds a bit off to me... Like, using ください, but at same time just 名前... I would expect or お名前を書いてください Or 名前を書いて
Even this last one is still odd, just like tea, water and money.
