父(ちち) chichiは wa夕(ゆう)刊(かん) yuukanを o読(よ)ん()で() yonde座(すわ)っ()て()い()た() suwatteita。 My father was sitting reading the evening paper. Literal Father [topic-は] evening-paper [object-を] reading sitting-was. 読んで座っていた chains two actions: reading + sitting. The て-form expresses simultaneous actions here — he was in a state of sitting while reading. familyreadingdaily routine~て form (chaining)
父(ちち) chichiは wa夕(ゆう)刊(かん) yuukanを o読(よ)ん()で() yonde座(すわ)っ()て()い()た() suwatteita。 My father was sitting reading the evening paper. Literal Father [topic-は] evening-paper [object-を] reading sitting-was. 読んで座っていた chains two actions: reading + sitting. The て-form expresses simultaneous actions here — he was in a state of sitting while reading. familyreadingdaily routine~て form (chaining)