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When using this grammar, for example 食べにいきます does it mean actually going somewhere to eat or can it mean simply ” will eat”?
=^..^=From what I understand, if you put a verb into -te form, and add いく, it means “going to do X”.
Thus, 食べていく would mean “I’m going to eat”, 片付けていく is “I’m going to clean up”, etc.
Though again, this is only what I’ve gathered so I may be wrong. Would appreciate if someone with more knowledge could verify.
Just to clarify that a bit, it’s “going to some place for the purpose of eating”. 食べる already conveys “will eat” on its own, depending on context.
ありがとうございます
I thought that would be the case but wanted to make sure since “going to blah blah” in English sounds like future tense.=^..^=Aye, that’s why I felt I needed to clarify. =)
I feel dumb now. After re reading the lesson it was definitely clear that it’s about movement. Lesson of the day, don’t study while drinking lol. I posted the question in the morning after realizing I wasn’t sure about it, then went to work for 13 hours and only re read the lesson just today. :P
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