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JAPANESE VERB

かって くる

買って くる

to buy and bring back

  • くる verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI buy and bring back
NegativeI don’t buy and bring back

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI bought and bring back
NegativeI didn’t buy and bring back

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbuying and bring back, and…
Doing now (て います)I am buying and bring back
Please (て ください)please buy and bring back

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can buy and bring back
NegativeI can’t buy and bring back

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to buy and bring back
NegativeI don’t want to buy and bring back

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s buy and bring back

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I buy and bring back
  2. If, when (たら) if I buy and bring back

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am bought and bring back
CausativeI make someone buy and bring back

How to use かって くる

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

  1. Present and future

    かえり に ぎゅうにゅう を かって きます。

    I'll buy milk on the way home.

  2. Past

    えき まえ の パンや で サンドイッチ を かって きた。

    I got sandwiches from the bakery by the station.

  3. Te-form

    すみません、 きって を かって きて ください。

    Sorry, could you go and buy some stamps?

  4. Potential

    コンビニ で も くすり が かって こられる？

    Can you get medicine at the convenience store too?

  5. Want to

    きょうと で おいしい おちゃ を かって きたい。

    I want to bring back some good tea from Kyoto.

  6. Volitional

    ビール は ぼく が かって こよう。

    I'll go and get the beer.

  7. Conditional

    おにぎり を かって くれば、 ひる は だいじょうぶ。

    If you pick up rice balls, lunch is sorted.

  8. Commands and requests

    スーパー で たまご を かって きなさい。

    Go and buy eggs at the supermarket.

  9. Passive and causative

    むすこ に パン を かって こさせた。

    I sent my son to get bread.

Good to know

  • て くる after a verb means doing it and coming back: かって くる is to go and buy something and bring it home.
  • Its opposite is かって いく, to buy something on the way somewhere.

Where you hear かって くる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

  • おかあさん は いつも おかし を かって くる。 Mum always comes home with sweets.
  • おきなわ で、 みんな に おみやげ を かって きた。 In Okinawa, we bought presents for everyone.
  • あした、 パン を かって くる よ。 Tomorrow I'll buy some bread and bring it.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: くる verb.