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Answer by A.Ellett for Why usage of た and not ている in the following usage
I believe generally in Japanese immediately upon completing a task, you use the past tense.Examples range fromやったできた出来上がった (said almost immediately after preparing a meal to essentially say “dinner’s...
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ている implies an ongoing action.In English, you don't say "I'm finding someone", you say "I'm looking for someone". To "find something" means the action of looking for something is finished. The object...
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I was watching a Japanese Drama, and I have questions regarding the usage of Past tense (た) instead of Present Perfect (ている) in the following sentence.In this Drama a person was looking for someone and...
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