Hi, there.

...There is this form one finds in written material or when talking in a very posh way...

like: 課長に なり 、・・・。 instead of 課長に なって.


How does one call this one in japanese? I really need to know as I need to do some reading on this matter.


Thank you.

課長に なり 、・・・。 instead of 課長に なって.
I've seen this before but not sure what's it called exactly. I know there is different ways of implying that but I've seen this form in some Japanese games. になり、　になる、　になった、　になって　. Things like that.

It's called 連用形, or continuative form, although it's often introduced as the "masu-form", which is really the same thing. In this usage, it works like the て-form but has a more literary nuance, as you have noted.

Edit: You might want to search the forum for this subject; there are some useful posts like this one lying around.

It's called 連用中止 in Japanese grammar. You might have learned it as te-form without te. A slightly simpler way to see it in terms of verb form may be "masu-form without masu" though because this way you have fewer "exceptions" like なる in your example; grammatically speaking, なって is the same as なりて, which is the te-form of なる.

Also, if you know 連用形 of a verb, it's simply another usage of it. astendra gave a link to a short explanation on it on this forum. And here is another explanation. You can also find many other explanations on 連用中止 or te-from without te in good textbooks or on the internet. Without te or not, as long as the meaning goes, it's the same difference though.

Thank you everyone.


Very helpful explanatoin as well.

I was really desperate xD