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560 Vmasu
shopping, then, to stop by the bank to open a new account, and on
my way back, to meet a friend of mine at a coffee shop to return her
book.)
In conversation, however, such stylistic control is difficult and, therefore, te-
forms often occur for every verb. This is the reason why in some situations
the use of Vte sounds colloquial and the use of Vmasu sounds formal.

A-5. Vte l Vmasu and controllability
In "Vlte - Vz," because the action in V1 is closely related to the action of V2,
both verbs must be either controllable or non-controllable, as in [9] and [lo].
This is not the case with Vmasu.
kf
[9] a. %Li;t7JWt=&97, Yj'r-'Ja)Z kBWBk,
[Both controllable]
(I met Bob and asked him about Jane.)
b. $Ll;tl:zEl:: {&~\/?&~71, Yr-'/a)Z k %?@$t;,
[Non-controllable and controllable]
(I saw Bob accidentally and asked him about Jane.)
[lo] a. x 3 li$$XSZ9%~3 7, %& 3 h fi, moth non-controllable]
(The pickpocket was found by a detective and was arrested.)
tLL1 t t3
b. x 1) t2BJPcc IR~~PV l?H7-h,371, %S;frhbRU:Rilk,
[Non-controllable and controllable]
(The pickpocket was found by a detective, and he (=
pickpocket) jumped off the train.)
B. When the subjects of V1 and Vz are different:
When two different subjects are involved in "Vlte - V2," the action of V1
- has not necessarily been completed before that of V2, as in [ll].
=
Vl
-
-
=
- [ll] ~*PT??&~~T, +i%;frsv7 yet49 7:0
(Tsutomu baked a pizza and Toshiko fvted a salad.)
(+ -te (DB JG: 464-67))