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In an episode on Crayon Shin-Chan, Shin-Chan says

> 開けて！

In this situation, he was knocking the door (For the second time he was
knocking. His mom has already told him that he should properly say "I'm home",
as he didn't use the proper greeting. Shin-Chan replied that "You should not
take a child's words too seriously".)

Shin-Chan's mom replies from inside the house

> 開けません！

She was angry on him for returning home late.

Jisho says there is this verb 開ける, which may mean

> to open (a door, etc.)

But why Shin-Chan uses the te-form of the verb? He could at most use the
imperative form of the verb, which is 開けろ.

Another question, why Shin-Chan's mom uses the polite masu-form of the verb
with her kid, while Shin-Chan didn't use it with her mom?
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Why the te-form 開けて is used here
Technically speaking, 「開{あ}けて！」 in this context/situation is **_not_** in the
te-form.

Rather, the 「て」 here is a sentence-ending particle that is used to form a
**_request_** or a **_light kind of imperative_**. This usage of 「て」 is
_extremely_ common in informal Japanese.

Thus, 「開けて！」 means the same thing as 「開けてください。」 or 「開けてくれ。」, meaning "(Please)
open (the door)!". Shin-chan is not using the te-form even though it is
physically the same as the te-form. The grammar and meaning/usage is
completely different from the te-form.

> Another question, why Shin-Chan's mom uses the polite masu-form of the verb
> with her kid, while Shin-Chan didn't use it with her mom?

It is not uncommon for Japanese moms to use the masu-form with their kids and
husbands. This may sound weird to you, but not to us native speakers.
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