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Compound sentence question - TomTomHatesCats - 2012-09-26
While reading Tae Kim's grammar guide, I saw this example in the section on Compound Sentences:
時間がありまして、映画を見ました。
I thought when there is more than one verb in a sentence, they conjugate from the plain form, until the final verb in the sentence, like:
時間があって、映画を見ました。
Thanks!
-Tom
Compound sentence question - Crispy - 2012-09-26
時間がありまして is more polite, that's all.
Compound sentence question - TomTomHatesCats - 2012-09-27
Okay, I guess that seems simple enough. Thanks for the reply!
Compound sentence question - delta - 2012-09-27
I think ありまして is just a more formal form of あって. But maybe it denotes politeness as well.