Verb aspects in Japanese - ~ている vs. ~る
先生は「あいうえお」と言った
先生は「あいうえお」と言っていた。
What’s the difference between the two? In this case, it is more about your reaction to what you have heard. Are you going to be more like “WTF, man?” or no reaction at all because what you have just heard is a regular/good old quotation (just like you quote someone in your university paper or sth).
ている focuses on your reaction. If I said this exact sentence to you, you’d be surprised and probably asked for some explanation, for example, He said that? Why? WTF?
る focuses on the words in the brackets. This is what he said. He used these exact words, I haven’t changed anything. But you wouldn't be surprised because you just wanted to know the words the teacher used.
~ている is an ending of imperfective verbs - verbs that have no end point. However, that ending implies a myriad of other meanings. In Polish (my native language), we also distinguish between perfective and imperfective verbs only, just like in Japanese. We use, in Polish, imperfective verbs when we talk about
occurring states, the course of which the speaker considers important. (Hence your surprise at the teacher’s words.)
I believe the same rule applies to Japanese ている verbs as well.
る verbs are perfective verbs and these denote something completely opposite - we don’t really care, the course of action is somewhat unimportant for the speaker.
Correct me if I’m wrong!
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