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I am trying to say something like "The button labeled 'blue' at the lower
right is red."

I know that adjectives can be connected together with their て-form. It seems
like maybe the the same should happen with verbs, but the ordering and
sentence connection implied by the て-form makes this sound awkward to me. For
some reason, I also cannot find examples on this.

The two verbs I am thinking of are ある and 付けられる (labeled?).

My current translation is 右下にあって「blue」と付けられたボタンは赤いです。

May someone explain how to connect with multiple noun-modifying verbs? Also,
what is a natural translation for my example sentence?

Thanks.
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grammar usage verbs
Multiple verbs as noun modifiers
I think you are referring to when verbs are connected by the て form because
you want to express that their tense is identical and the two or more verbs
are connected in sequence.

りんごをあらってたべた。 I washed the apple and ate it.

but when verbs are used to modify a noun, you need the verb tenses to agree
with the state of the thing they are modifying.

So "The button (that **is** ) on the bottom right, **labelled** "blue" **is**
red." should be translated 右下に **ある** 「blue」と **付けられた** ボタンは赤い **です** 。
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