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I'm stuck with the word **かけ** in the following text below (towards the
beginning of Japanese tale, _Kachikachi yama_ ).

Obviously, "(こしを)かけ" stands for "(腰を)掛ける" (to sit down). But what's the
grammar behind 掛け ? Is it a 仮定形 (kateikei) ? I don't understand what's the
grammatical construction. Any help would be appreciated !

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An old man wants to catch a mischievous tanuki, and ...

> そこで、 つぎ の 日、 たぬき の すわって いた きりかぶ に とりもち を べっとり ぬりつけて おきました。 おじいさん が まめ を まいて
> いたら たぬき が やって きて、 きりかぶ に こし を **かけ** 、 せん つぶ まいたら ひと つぶ に なあれ ひと つぶ まいたら
> くさって しまえ と からかい だしました。

Translation from Tom Ray and Sachiko Matsubara, which was available during
some years [here](http://www.his.atr.jp/~ray/stories/kachikachiyama.html).

> Then, the next day, the tree stump where the raccoon had been sitting, had
> been prepared with a lot of tanglefoot. While the old man was sowing beans
> the raccoon approached, and sat on the tree stump : "if you sow a thousand
> seeds they become one seed, if you sow one seed it will completely rot", he
> begain to tease.
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grammar conjugations syntax renyōkei
Is this a 仮定形 (kateikei) form, and how to analyse it?
No, that's a _ren’yōkei_ 連用形。 A _ren’yōkei_ mid-sentence is for coordination,
like English “he sat, **and** …”. You can think of it as a literary equivalent
of 「こしをかけて、。。。」

_Kateikei_ is what comes before _-ba_ , so in this case it would be _kake
**re** -_. Full table, with sample context:

  * 未然形： 掛け- _kake-_ _(-nai)_
  * 連用形： 掛け- _kake-_ _(-masu)_
  * 終止形： 掛ける _kake-ru_ _(yo.)_
  * 連体形： 掛ける- _kake-ru-_ _(hito)_
  * 仮定形： 掛けれ- _kake-re-_ _(-ba)_
  * 命令形： 掛けろ／掛けよ _kake-ro/kake-yo_ _(!)_

This is because 掛ける _kakeru_ is a vowel-stem _(ichidan)_ verb. Perhaps you
were thinking of consonant-stem _(godan)_ vebs, such as 書く _kaku_. These have
different vowels depending on the inflection:

  * 未然形： 書か- _kak-a-_ _(-nai)_
  * 連用形： 書き- _kak-i-_ _(-masu)_
  * 終止形： 書く _kak-u_ _(yo.)_
  * 連体形： 書く- _kak-u-_ _(hito)_
  * 仮定形： 書け- _kak-e-_ _(-ba)_
  * 命令形： 書け _kak-e_ _(!)_

Notice the difference between 「書けば」 and 「掛け **れ** ば」。
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