Te form Japanese

The te form ends in て te or で de. For example, the te form of かく kaku (write) is
かいて kaite, and the te form of よむ yomu (read) is よんで yonde. When listing
actions in the same sentence, you need to use the te form for all verbs except the last verb.

That is, the te form means do/did . . . and. For this reason, the te form is also called
“continuing form.” So, かいて kaite means write and. Accordingly, the te form cannot
end a sentence; it must be followed by another verb or by an auxiliary adjective in order for
the sentence to be complete.

For example:
書いて読みます。Kaite yomimasu. (I will write and read.)
書いて読みました。Kaite yomimashita. (I wrote and read.)
書いてください。Kaite kudasai. (Please write it.)
書いてほしいです。Kaite hoshii desu. (I want you to write it.)
書いてしまいました。Kaite shimaimashita. (I wrote it up!)

To create the te form from a dictionary form, follow these rules:

 For ru verbs, drop the final るru and add て te.
 For u verbs that end in すsu, change the final syllable to して shite.
 For u verbs that end in くku, change the final syllable to いて ite; for u verbs
that end in
 ぐ gu, change the final syllable to いで ide.
 For u verbs that end in う(w)u, る ru, or つ tsu, change these final syllables to
って tte.
 For u verbs that end in む mu, ぬ nu, or ぶ bu, change these final syllables to ん
で nde.
 Keep in mind that the verb いく iku is slightly irregular, and its te form is いっ
て itte.
 The te forms of the irregular verbs する suru and くる kuru are して shite
and きて kite.