Meaning
Shows movement toward the speaker or a change that started earlier and is becoming noticeable now.
Formation
- て form + くる: 買ってきます
- Motion towards the speaker, or a change that reached the present
When to use it
- Core use
- Coming toward now, up to the present
Example
ちょっとパンを買ってきます
I will go buy some bread and come back.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.