「捨ててしまう」Why are there two て’s used here?


The full sentence was :

> 「捨ててしまうのはもったいないと思って」  
>  I think to throw away (something) is a waste

But why are there two て’s? Why is it not 捨てしまう？




The verb is 捨てる, so its て-form is 捨てて, hence the compound form Vて+しまう becomes
捨ててしまう.

If it were the casual ちゃう instead of しまう that you were using, that starts from
the て-form too, but also contracts the て, so it would instead be 捨てちゃう, with
just the one て. Perhaps that is where the confusion arose?

Hope that helps!




The verb is 捨てる, so its て-form is 捨てて, hence the compound form Vて+しまう becomes
捨ててしまう.

If it were the casual ちゃう instead of しまう that you were using, that starts from
the て-form too, but also contracts the て, so it would instead be 捨てちゃう, with
just the one て. Perhaps that is where the confusion arose?

Hope that helps!

