Te Form - Conjugation

Well, this has been looming over me for awhile, and it's time to finally take the plunge. The te form in Japanese is arguably one of the most important verb conjugations to learn because it's used in many grammar constructs. It's also the most difficult form to learn because of our lovely godan verbs, which have to be separated into four additional categories for proper conjugation. But I'm sure it'll begin to feel more natural as I practice with them, so let's get started.

Ichidan Verbs:

• Drop the る and add て

Godan Verbs:

•  す
• す → して
• く、ぐ
• く → いて
• ぐ → いで
• む、ぶ、ぬ
• む → んで
• ぶ → んで
• ぬ → んで
• る、う、つ 
• る → って
• う → って
• つ → って

Exceptions:

• する　→　して
• 来る　→　きて
• 行く 　→　行って

I know that's painful to look at. I'm going to list a few example conjugations of each type so it becomes slightly more familiar and more clear.

話す　→　話して
化かす　→　化かして
動く　→　動いて
働く　→　働いて
泳ぐ　→　泳いで
飲む　→　飲んで
読む　→　読んで
選ぶ　→　選んで
転ぶ　→　転んで
死ぬ　→　死んで
分かる　→　分かって
知る　→　知って
買う　→　買って
待つ　→　待って
持つ　→　持って

Credit goes to Tae Kim's lesson seen here.