Can somebody help explain 〜て＋ん structure please.
Got this line from a tv ad:
この世界は誰が作ってんの？

From what I gather, 〜て＋ん means "X-ing" or "doing X". Is that just the casual form of "〜ています"? Thanks for the help.

Question

Can somebody help explain 〜て＋ん structure please.
Got this line from a tv ad:
この世界は誰が作ってんの？

From what I gather, 〜て＋ん means "X-ing" or "doing X". Is that just the casual form of "〜ています"? Thanks for the help.

Answer

Yes, that's correct.

The base form ～ている (meaning usually a continuing action) can become ～てる (and if it is followed by の, ～てるの can further be slurred into ～てんの). The polite equivalent is indeed ～ています.

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