て-Form as the Means/Manner of an Action

Introduction

I do declare!!! There has been a murder! Nobody move, the grammar police are on their way to find the culprit, along with that mysterious brooding detective who I swear used to have a British accent. Detective! I know who did it! It was professor Plum, in the kitchen! With the rubber ducky! Wait no, professor Thumb! With the... kiwi! Wait.

This lesson will teach you how to use て-form to describe the method or means by which something was done. It shouldn't be too difficult, provided you remember all your て-form conjugations! So come on, let's figure out whodunnit, and how!

Murder on the 文法ぶんぽう Express!

Structure

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  て-form verbAction (i.e. another verb)
  Example:
  → 彼かれは急いそいで食たべた。
  "He ate in a hurry.”