歌う（うたう）— sing
歌って います。
I’m singing.
歌ううたう
sing
うたう
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Words
歌ってutausing (て-form)
てtethe linking ending in 歌って
いますiruam …-ing (with the て-form)
ますmasuthe polite ending in います
Kanji
歌カ・
歌う means singing. 歌っています describes singing in progress. 歌を歌う, literally “sing a song,” is natural in Japanese, just as it is in English.
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