verb
飛んで
とんで
to fly (te-form)
Dictionary form: 飛ぶ
The te-form of 飛ぶ is used here to connect to the negative form いない.
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Chapter 19 of 125
01:13–01:16
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This sentence means that something is not flying. It uses the negative form of the verb 飛ぶ (to fly) combined with the polite copula です in a negative statement.
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verb
はいない
いない
not exist (for animate beings), negative of いる
Dictionary form: いる
The negative form いない indicates that the action/state of flying is not happening.
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〜ない／〜ません
Negative form
Expresses that an action or state does not happen.
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飛んではいないですね。
The negative form いない is used here to express that the action of flying is not occurring.
〜て／〜で
Te-form
A linking verb form used for requests, sequences, and many grammar patterns.
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飛んではいないですね。
The te-form 飛んで is combined with いない to form the negative progressive meaning 'not flying'.
です／だ
Copula: desu / da
Links a noun or description to the subject; です is polite and だ is plain.
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飛んではいないですね。
The polite copula です is used at the end to make the sentence polite.
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飛んではいないですね。
English translation
It's not flying.
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