What would be the difference in the meaning/grammar of 遊んで and 遊べて? Someone
wrote me a text saying 一緒に遊べて楽しかったよ. I understand the meaning, but now that I
think about it, I don't think I've ever come across the grammar of 遊べて before.
I tried asking someone, and they provided me with the following examples:

> 遊んでほしい  
>  遊んでください  
>  遊んでばかりいないで勉強しなさい

> 遊べて嬉しいです  
>  最近遊べてなかった

The use is clearly different, but I want to narrow down what the exact meaning
of 遊べて is so that I may use it properly in the future.
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て-form
て-form vs ます stem + て-form -- 遊んで vs 遊べて
遊べて is the て from of 遊べる 'able to play/hang out'. 'It was fun being able to
hang out with you.' Basically, as we'd usually say in English (thank you for
the suggestion, A. Ellett), 'It was fun getting to hang out with you.'

遊んで is just the て form of the base 遊ぶ.
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