〜くて form of a verb


I ask here my question because I couldn't find anything on internet. My
problem is about 〜くて form for a verb.

I asked a Japanese friend what for example "会いたくて" means. She told me that
there is a complicated nuance behind that... It means

> I want to meet you (but I can't)

I didn't have the opportunity to ask again so I ask here. Could someone
explain to me the usage of 〜くて? I'm so confused (>_<). Especially with the
form which expresses the desire like "食べたい" → "食べたくて".




～くて is not an ending for a verb, it is the ~て form of an i-adjective. In your
case the i-adjective formed by the verb 会う + the ending ～たい, where the ending
～たい is translated as "to want to".

The ～て form of a verb, adjective or noun is used as a connective, which can
sometimes be translated simply as "and", but sometimes this "and" can be
interpreted to give a reason for what follows.

Usually it would be something like

[code]

      会う   >      会いたい　   >       会いたくて
    to meet > to want to meet > to want to meet and (therefore) ...
    
[/code]

For example,

> 会いたくて来た  
>  I came by because I wanted to see you

For 会いたくて, see also

  * [Contrasting 〜てならない、〜てしょうがない and 〜てたまらない](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2766/1628)
  * [～てたまらない、～てならない、～しようがない](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/59585/1628)

