父(ちち) chichiは wa歌(うた)い() utai続(つづ)け()た() tsuzuketa。 My father kept on singing. Literal Father [topic-は] sing-continued. ~続ける attached to a verb stem means 'to continue doing X.' 歌い is the masu-stem of 歌う. A minimal example of this productive compound verb pattern. musicfamily~続ける (continue doing)
父(ちち) chichiは wa歌(うた)い() utai続(つづ)け()た() tsuzuketa。 My father kept on singing. Literal Father [topic-は] sing-continued. ~続ける attached to a verb stem means 'to continue doing X.' 歌い is the masu-stem of 歌う. A minimal example of this productive compound verb pattern. musicfamily~続ける (continue doing)