Japanese 101 て form

I'll post the basics later. Right now I'm assuming that all of you understand basic Japanese.
I'll share a japanese lesson every weekend

Now then, て Form. I know that the Japanese have another name for it, but I don't know it.

What is the て form?

It's what is used in commands

Here is how you get to the て form.

Japanese verbs are divided into three categories.

1. Group 1 verbs, such as hanashimasu (話します) - To Speak, or kikimasu (聞きます) - To listen

2. Group 2 verbs, such as tabemasu (食べます) - To Eat, or Mimasu (見ます) - To watch. The difference between G2 and G1 verbs, is that G2 is usually ~imasu (~います) or ~emasu (~えます) as ending.

3. Group 3, the irregular verbs, such as shimasu (します) - To do, or kimasu (きます) - To come

To conjugate a G1 verb into the て form, you must first put it into the dictionary form.

Ex. Take kakimasu (書きます) - To write

To change it into the verb form, simply switch the I to a U.

So the Verb form of kakimasu is kaku (書く)

From there, we can put it into the て form.
書って, which would be "Read" as a command
Kakimasu is "To Write" by the way

To conjugate any G1, you must put it into the dictionary form, then follow this chart:

If it is an ~う, ~つ, ~る (~u, tsu, or ru) -  then it becomes ~って (~tte)

If it is an ~む, ~ぶ, ~ぬ (~mu, bu, nu) - then it becomes ~んで (~nde)

If it is a ~く (~ku)                                 - then it becomes ~いて (~ite)

If it is a ~ぐ (~gu)                           　 - then it becomes ~いで (~ide)

If it is a ~す (~su)　                            - then it becomes ~して (~shite)

So kakimasu (書きます) in dictionary is kaku (書く) which goes into the て form as kite (書って)

Hanashimasu (話します)  > Hanasu (話す) > Hanashite (話して)

ect. ect.

To conjugate a G2, it's really easy.

With every G2, just remove the ます and add て.

Since the dictionary form of every G2 is ~る

Ex. 

(tabemasu ) 食べます to (taberu) 食べる to (tabete) 食べて

(mimasu) 見ます to (miru) 見る to (mite) 見て

G3 are irregular. There is no special rule. You just have to remember them. But hey, it's a lot less then Spanish

shimasu - します (to do ます ) > suru - する (do to, dictionary) > shite -  して (do, command)

kimasu - きます (to wear ます) > kuru -  くる (to wear, dictionary) > kite - きて (wear, command)

(there are more then two, these are just the ones I can think up of off the top of my head)

Eventually if you learn enough words, you can work backwards as well.

Oh yeah, if a word is ~teiru (~ている) or ~teimasu (~ています) it means ~ing

so miteimasu (見ています) is watching, or currently watching in the present tense.
-It's the Gerund form of a verb-