覚えてない is the casual form of 覚えていない, which means “I don’t remember” or “I can’t remember.”
It’s formed by taking the て-form of the verb (覚えて) and adding the negative of いる (いない).
覚えないて is not a correct form in Japanese grammar.
You can’t attach 〜て to the negative plain form (〜ない).
Instead, you take the て-form of the verb (覚えて) and then add the negative of いる (いない) to get:
覚えて + いない → 覚えていない → 覚えてない (casual).
The form xxx(し)た expresses a simple past action. On the other hand, xxx(し)てた can indicate either a habitual action in the past or a progressive action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.
For example, 買った simply means “bought” — a completed action. It can also be used in a recent context like “have just bought”.
買ってた, on the other hand, has two common uses: one is to describe a past habit (“used to buy”), and the other is to describe an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past (“was buying”). For example, you might say this if you noticed someone was in the middle of buying something.
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Hi, i am a bit confused for the grammar. Would you please help explain the difference between 買った and 買ってた? Thank you so much
For lesson 2 , please advise the reason why 覚えてない is adopted instead of 覚えないて. Thank you
覚えてない is the casual form of 覚えていない, which means “I don’t remember” or “I can’t remember.”
It’s formed by taking the て-form of the verb (覚えて) and adding the negative of いる (いない).
覚えないて is not a correct form in Japanese grammar.
You can’t attach 〜て to the negative plain form (〜ない).
Instead, you take the て-form of the verb (覚えて) and then add the negative of いる (いない) to get:
覚えて + いない → 覚えていない → 覚えてない (casual).
Hope it helps.
The form xxx(し)た expresses a simple past action. On the other hand, xxx(し)てた can indicate either a habitual action in the past or a progressive action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.
For example, 買った simply means “bought” — a completed action. It can also be used in a recent context like “have just bought”.
買ってた, on the other hand, has two common uses: one is to describe a past habit (“used to buy”), and the other is to describe an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past (“was buying”). For example, you might say this if you noticed someone was in the middle of buying something.