I'm reading a children's book (no kanji) and the sentence is:

> いどうはんばいしゃは、 みんなが だいすきな たべものを うってるよ。

From the context, I figure it means:

> The mobile catering guy everyones favourite food selling

(I'm not good at particles) My question is: What is the form うってる?

I assume that よ is the emphasis-particle and the word is 売る - "to sell",
because context, but I do not get the conjugation. I checked
[here](http://japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?JapaneseVerb=uru&VerbClass=1&EnglishVerb=sell),
but the closest form I could find is "utte iru".
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grammar contractions
What word and form is うってる？
売ってる is a contraction of 売っている. The い in ~ている verb endings is often dropped in
casual speech.
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売{う}ってる is an informal contracted form of 売って **い** る.

In the 〜ている construction, いる is a special type of verb called a "subsidiary
verb" (or 補助動詞 in Japanese), a verb which serves a grammatical purpose rather
than having its literal meaning, and [this type of verb very often contracts
with
〜て.](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/18157/%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8F-%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8F-for-
preparation-conjugation-and-nuance/18159#18159)
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