〜てきます~te kimasu
Te kimasu (〜てきます) means “go and come back”.
I'll just pop over to the convenience store and be right back.
Use 「〜てきます」 for going somewhere to do something and then returning to where you are.
In the course
How it works
Look at the two arrows: after going to the convenience store, where does he return? His friend waits in the same place.
「Vてきます」 means going somewhere to do something, then returning to where you are now.
Put the verb in the て-form and add 「きます」: 行く→行って→行ってきます.
「行きます」 only says you are going. 「行ってきます」 also tells the other person you will come back afterward.
In the convenience-store example, 「ちょっと」 suggests a short outing and lets the person waiting know you will be back soon.
In the parking-lot example, 「戻ってきます」 means going back to the parking lot, then returning to the place where you are speaking.
Example sentences
- ちょっとchottoコンビニkonbiniへe行っitてteきます。kimasu
I'll just pop over to the convenience store and be right back.
- 忘れ物wasuremonoをoしたshita
In a conversation
- Aどこへ行きますか。
A: Where are you going?
- Bバス乗り場へ行ってきます。
B: I'm going to the bus stop and I'll be back.
- A
Check yourself
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
I'm going to the convenience store and will be back.
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
ちょっとコンビニへ 。
I'll go to the convenience store and be right back.
More grammar in this theme
- 〜てきますgo and come back