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JAPANESE VERB

いって くる

行って くる

to go and come back

  • #135 most used
  • くる verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI go and come back
NegativeI don’t go and come back

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went and come back
NegativeI didn’t go and come back

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing and come back, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going and come back
Please (て ください)please go and come back

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go and come back
NegativeI can’t go and come back

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go and come back
NegativeI don’t want to go and come back

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go and come back

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I go and come back
  2. If, when (たら) if I go and come back

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) go and come back (do it)
  2. Plain command go and come back!
  3. Please don’t please don’t go and come back

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone and come back
CausativeI make someone go and come back

How to use いって くる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    ちょっと コンビニ に いって くる。

    I'm just popping to the convenience store.

  2. Past

    きのう、 びょういん に いって きました。

    I went to the hospital yesterday.

  3. Te-form

    ちょっと トイレ に いって きて も いい？

    Is it OK if I go to the bathroom real quick?

  4. Potential

    ひとり で ゆうびんきょく に いって こられます か。

    Can you go to the post office by yourself?

  5. Want to

    きょう は じてんしゃ で うみ まで いって きたい。

    Today I want to ride my bike down to the sea and back.

  6. Volitional

    ちょっと そと の くうき を すい に いって こよう。

    Let's go out for a breath of fresh air.

  7. Conditional

    ぎんこう に いって きたら、 でんわ して ね。

    When you're back from the bank, call me.

  8. Commands and requests

    はやく ふろ に いって きなさい。

    Hurry up and go take your bath.

  9. Passive and causative

    こうばん まで いって くる よう に いわれました。

    I was told to go over to the police box.

Good to know

  • ちょっと いって くる, "I'll be right back", is said on the way out the door; the answer is いって らっしゃい.
  • いって くる is hardly ever put in the passive, so that sentence shows it beside another verb.

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