I've seen 待つ in the te-form as both 待て and 待って; the latter should be correct. Does meaning/pronunciation change and why it would be written this way


My example, as like many of my recent ones is from {{JP:灰と幻想のグリムガル}}, and is
as follows:

> {{JP:「・・・・俺も行こっかな」と誰かが。男の声だ。「ま、ま、待てってじゃあオレも！」}}.

The text itself seems simple enough to understand, I think. One person says
they'll go too, and the other says "wait, erm, I'll go too." Please feel free
to correct me if I'm wrong as I really try not to pretend I know what I'm
talking about! However, why the use of {{JP:待て}} and not {{JP:待って}}? And I
guess as a side note, why add the {{JP:って}} after the first {{JP:待て}} as, from
what I know that's usually used to mark the speaker of a quotation, not within
the quote itself???

EDIT: I have double and triple-checked the text to make certain this isn't a
typo. If someone disagrees I'll be sure to delete the question.




For verbs that end in つ, the imperative (command) form ends in て. It's just a
coincidence that that looks similar to the same verb in て form.

And yes, the pronunciation is not the same, as indicated by the lack of the
small つ.




For verbs that end in つ, the imperative (command) form ends in て. It's just a
coincidence that that looks similar to the same verb in て form.

And yes, the pronunciation is not the same, as indicated by the lack of the
small つ.

