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2課 て形の展開・アスペクト
Expands the て & state form — ている/てある/ておく/てしまう/てみる
2課

〜てくる / 〜ていく

接続:Vて形 + くる/いく
Direction and change over time. くる = moving towards the speaker / from the past to the present. いく = leave the speaker / from now on.
注意 / Note:Moving meaning: 買ってくる = go buy then come back. Changed meaning: 増えてきた(has increased so far)↔ 増えていく(will continue to increase).
比較 / Compare:寒くなってきました(has gotten colder up to now)/これから寒くなっていきます(will get colder from now on).
よく出る形 / Common form:Vてきます(go and return)/〜てきた(past→present)/〜ていく(present→future).
ちょっとパンを買ってきます。
I went to buy bread for a while and then came back immediately.
だんだん寒くなってきました。
The weather has gotten colder.
これからも日本語を勉強していきます。
From now on I will continue to learn Japanese.

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