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Verbs +「~てくる」 , which verbs? [duplicate]
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Difference between -て行く and -て来る
my doubt is which verbs I can use with ~てくる (~ていく)
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I don't want to say "I undestand", but I'd like to say "I'm understanding" (I'm ...
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How is て行く being used in すすんで行く and さいて行く? [duplicate]
I came across すすんで行く and さいて行く in a vocabulary list, and it was immediately obvious that there was probably some sort of grammatical construct involving て行く that was in use here. I don't really know ...
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What is the *proper* differentiation between 来る and 行く?
In many beginning Japanese classes, 来る【くる】 and 行く【いく】 are presented as "to come" and "to go," respectively. Dictionaries generally also define them this way. However, every once in a while in more ...
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What's the difference between 歩んでいった and 歩んできた?
私はまっすぐな人生を歩んできた。
私はまっすぐな人生を歩んでいった。
Could someone explain to me the difference between the two? Thanks a lot!
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I still find ていった confusing even after reading the other post.
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In Japanese, what does the word "kimashita" mean and how does it work?
In my text book it says “kimashita” is the past form of “to come”.
But then in the textbook it says:
How long have you worked here?
Koko de wa dorekurai hataraite kimashita ka?
How does “kimashita” ...
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Differences between た/てた
Context: From Yotsuba&, they went gathering chestnuts and one of them had a bug in it so they threw it away. But here the young girl is eating from the rest and her sister is saying that there ...
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Meaning of 寒くなる vs. 寒くなっています
Today it crossed my mind how could I translate this, and some confusion arose with the verbal forms to use.
If I wanted to say "I got cold", I would say
寒くなった
However, for "I'm ...
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Different ways of saying "X continues / keep doing X"
I am trying to figure out the differences between all of these forms listed below. The examples are all part of these two pages:
http://japanesetest4you.com/jlpt-n3-grammar-list/
http://...
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「Vていった」 v.s. 「Vてきた」 in the case of 「お花しおれてっちゃった」
In the animated film Spirited Away, there is a line (00:00:54) saying:
「お花しおれてっちゃった」, a contracted form of 「お花がしおれていってしまった」.
According to this page by 東京外国語大学, the difference between 「Vていった」 and 「...
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What is the difference between 行きます and 行ってきます (ました、ません etc)?
When talking with a friend in Japanese, they said "行ってないです", they cannot explain why it's different from "行きません/でした".
As far as I'm aware, I'm not sure what the difference would be in terms of it ...
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When to use 出て来る over 出る
Here is a sentence from the children's story ももたろう, describing when the child appears from within the giant peach.
桃の中から赤ちゃんが出てきました。
My dictionary lists 出て来る as meaning "to come out" with ...
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Colloquial grammar question: ...が出来たから...ってくれって言ってきたんだろうが！
My colloquial Japanese needs some brushing up on, in particular with grammar. I'm currently reading a manga, the context is that Character 1 showed up and Character 2 seems surprised that he's there. ...
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What do the words 「きてやった」 mean?
It is a situation that a little girl throwing several raw eggs to two policemen. After that, she was running away and saying the below sentence.
Here is the sentence.
なっとうもふりかけてきてやった
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Verb てform + くる what does it mean?
I'd like to know what is the meaning of the previous pattern I mentioned in the following sentence:
職場ではそんな話ばかりきこえてくるぞ！
I guess きこえて is the てform of 聞こえる.
But what is the meaning of きこえて + くる ...
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What's きます in 持ってきます?
What does きます mean here? Also I'd like a translation for this sentence.
女の子達は両親に朝御飯を持ってきます。
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