N4 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

Lesson 9: 〜てくる/てきます

Usage:

Te Form of Verb + くる/きます

Meaning 1:

「～てくる/てきます」means “you will go back soon after finishing something”.

Note:
Often used with ちょっと to emphasize the short time.

Example Sentences of Meaning 1:

ちょっとお昼ひるを食たべてくる。
I’m going to eat lunch. (And after that I will come back)

ちょっとスーパーに行いってくる。
I’m going to supermarket. (And after that I will come back)

ちょっとお手て洗あらい行いってきます。
I’m going to the restroom. (And after that I will come back)

ちょっと出でかけてきます。
I’m going out for a while. (And after that I will come back)

すぐ戻もどってきます。
I will be back soon.

Meaning 2:

「～てくる/てきます」is used to indicate that the direction of action is towards the speaker.

Example Sentences of Meaning 2:

戻もどってくるの？
Are you coming back?

いつ帰かえってくるの？
When will you return?

台風たいふうがやってくる。
A typhoon is coming (toward where we are living.)

彼かれが走はしってきました。
He ran toward me.

その日ひは必かならずやってくる。
That day shall come.

Meaning 3:

「～てくる/てきます」is used to show, based on the present situation, how things have changed from before until now.

Example Sentences of Meaning 3:

このイベントは百ひゃく年ねんも続つづいてきた。
This event has been going on for a hundred years.

英えい語ごを十じゅう年ねんも勉べん強きょうしてきた。
I have been learning English for ten years.

JLPTを受験じゅけんする外国人がいこくじんが増ふえてきました。
The number of foreigners taking the JLPT has increased.

以い前ぜんよりも、日に本ほん語ごを学まなぶ人ひとが増ふえてきました。
More people are learning Japanese than before.

インターネットの普ふ及きゅうによって、私わたしたちの生活せいかつはずいぶんと変かわってきた。
With the spread of the Internet, our lives have changed a lot.

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