Te form for consecutive verbs


I came across with this term "使われ始めて". It was translated as "Started to use".
My question is why the first verb is not in TE form, ie. 使われて始めて ?

Thanks a lot.




> 使われ始めて

Two points to note here:

1) The construction for "start to verb" is

> masu-stem of verb + はじめる

e.g. 食べ始める、 読み始める etc. This is what is happening in your example. 使われ is the
masu-stem of 使われる. Which brings me to point two.

2) The translation of 使われ始めて should be "start/started to be used" rather than
"start/started to use". 使われる is the passive form of 使う.

Finally, if you'd inserted て you would have a different grammar point.
...てはじめて means something like "it was not until ...". So 使われて始めて would mean
"it was not until it had been used that ..."




> 使われ始めて

Two points to note here:

1) The construction for "start to verb" is

> masu-stem of verb + はじめる

e.g. 食べ始める、 読み始める etc. This is what is happening in your example. 使われ is the
masu-stem of 使われる. Which brings me to point two.

2) The translation of 使われ始めて should be "start/started to be used" rather than
"start/started to use". 使われる is the passive form of 使う.

Finally, if you'd inserted て you would have a different grammar point.
...てはじめて means something like "it was not until ...". So 使われて始めて would mean
"it was not until it had been used that ..."

