Te form question in bay city song

Asked Jul 24 '21 at 14:24

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At the beginning of Junko Yagami song "Bay city" there are several te form, i can't understand how they are "resolved".

Romaji : anata wo otte Tasogare no Bay City meguri aetara Damatte dakitomete

Kanji : あなたを追って黄昏のBay City めぐり逢えたら黙って抱きとめて

Translation i found : I follow you to The Bay city in twilight and if I see you there Just shut up and hold me

The only verb which is not in te-form is aetara. "au" to meet : Past Indicative of Potential Plain this is perhaps the resolution i am searching for but 2 things bothered me :

ra at the end of potential form
this verb is not placed at final position

all others verbs otte (ou) Damatte (damaru) dakitomete (daku) are in te form if i am correct.

Can someone explain this or point to an article explaining this use of te form ?

Thanks a lot

asked Jul 24 '21 at 14:24

Pansoul

Which use? The last one? If you know how the て-form generally works, you should have little trouble with the first two. – aguijonazo Jul 24 '21 at 15:40
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If you don't know たら, [this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/393/43676) might help. – aguijonazo Jul 24 '21 at 15:43
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And [this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12026/43676) might help about the final て. – aguijonazo Jul 24 '21 at 15:49
ok for the final て it must be ください being assumed. – Pansoul Jul 24 '21 at 21:55
About aetara, i can find some resources about conditional form but it should be attara. aetara form seems to refer to potential form. anyway, thanks for your links. – Pansoul Jul 24 '21 at 22:21
The potential form of a verb works as a verb in its own right. – aguijonazo Jul 24 '21 at 23:28

Te form question in bay city song

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