Why don't you ask her what she's talking about, because I certainly don't know.

くれて?
あげて?
(.___.')> beats me...

Last edited by gyuujuice (2010 April 01, 10:27 am)

She said it has a normal 辞書形 but in practical use it's barely used just in its て形

Well perhaps she meant 知って as this mostly appears as 知っている：Ｐ 
No idea really.

There are a few other verbs that in some contexts only make linguistic sense if used in their ～て + いる form. I can't think of an example right now but it's something along the lines of 存じる　＆　考える　＆　思う.

Odds are good it's 知る, but don't forget about 知らない!

thats why i said some contexts only. I can't think of them right now unfortunately

I got my answer..she was talking about "おいで" when you say "おいで おいで" to get someone come to you. Thanks for the answers If you are curious this is the answer she gave me:

実は、尊敬語のひとつです。
目上のひとが、目下の人に、使う丁寧な言い方。昔それは たぶんだけど
「いずる」という動詞からきたとおもう。いずるは、出るっていう意味。
尊敬語を作るとき、お+になる

尊敬語の作り方:
お+動詞+なる -> 例: "で" -> おい""でになる

That's all...I admit I would never have guessed it

OK yeah, that's a good example -- いづ  isn't used very often in its plain form outside of classical Japanese or classical-influenced phrases.

Nobody responded to iSoron's comment 8 posts back, but I can't remember ever seeing 連れる used in anything but the -て form.