急いでるから isoiderukara - what's going on here?


In the context of:

> 今日早いね 急いでるからじゃあ後で

I gathered that it means, "you're early today" "I'm in a hurry, see you!"

Google translate split it up into isoi derukara -> hurry out-from

But isoi isn't a word? Isoide is a word. Have isoi and deru been combined into
isoideru? If so, why doesn't the deru have the kanji?




You aren't wrong that 急いで is an expression in its own right, but 急いでる is here
a contraction of a conjugated verb used in casual speech.

急ぐ is the relevant verb (meaning 'hurry'), so the て-form is 急いで; so, the ている
conjugation is 急いでいる (lit. 'I am hurrying', more naturally 'I'm in a hurry').
But, because it's a bit of a mouthful to pronounce all of those sounds in
casual speech, the い is often dropped, leaving you with 急いでる.

To answer the question directly, then, 「急いでるから...」 here really holds the
meaning of "I'm in a hurry, so...", which fits with your interpretation.

It's sort of equivalent to saying "gonna" or "yeah" instead of "going to" or
"yes" in English: not necessarily "proper" but totally understood and
accepted/preferable in the right contexts.

See e.g. this article from Maggie Sensei for more examples and similar
conventions: [https://maggiesensei.com/2016/03/28/casual-contraction-dropping-
い-i-てん-ten-とくtoku/](https://maggiesensei.com/2016/03/28/casual-contraction-
dropping-%E3%81%84-i-%E3%81%A6%E3%82%93-ten-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8Ftoku/)

Hope that helps.




You aren't wrong that 急いで is an expression in its own right, but 急いでる is here
a contraction of a conjugated verb used in casual speech.

急ぐ is the relevant verb (meaning 'hurry'), so the て-form is 急いで; so, the ている
conjugation is 急いでいる (lit. 'I am hurrying', more naturally 'I'm in a hurry').
But, because it's a bit of a mouthful to pronounce all of those sounds in
casual speech, the い is often dropped, leaving you with 急いでる.

To answer the question directly, then, 「急いでるから...」 here really holds the
meaning of "I'm in a hurry, so...", which fits with your interpretation.

It's sort of equivalent to saying "gonna" or "yeah" instead of "going to" or
"yes" in English: not necessarily "proper" but totally understood and
accepted/preferable in the right contexts.

See e.g. this article from Maggie Sensei for more examples and similar
conventions: [https://maggiesensei.com/2016/03/28/casual-contraction-dropping-
い-i-てん-ten-とくtoku/](https://maggiesensei.com/2016/03/28/casual-contraction-
dropping-%E3%81%84-i-%E3%81%A6%E3%82%93-ten-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8Ftoku/)

Hope that helps.

