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Name: Anon 2008-03-22 1:37

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Name: Anonymous 2009-02-20 22:28

>>68
買っている - buying

>>69
買っている - buying

What the hell?

買う is an action that takes place over a really short amount of time, and thus it falls under the "past action that holds true until present moment" verb category, and the English translation would actually be "bought", no?

行っている is "went" and 来ている is "came"; why is 買う an exception to this?

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