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Learn Hardcore Japanese: 〜te kuru - to come toward the speaker

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 42
/〜te kuru

〜te kuru

Word

〜て　くる〜te kuru

Meaning

to come (toward the speaker)

Part of speech

verb suffix

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of 〜te kuru

店みせ　は　新あたらしい　充電器じゅうでんき　を　取とり寄よせた　ところ　だ　と　連絡れんらくして　きた。mise wa atarashii juudenki o toriyoseta tokoro da to renrakushite kita.

The store contacted me saying they had just ordered in a new charger.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

母はは　が　台所だいどころ　から　スープ　を　持もって　きました。haha ga daidokoro kara suupu o motte kimashita.

My mother brought the soup from the kitchen.

受取人うけとりにん　の　名前なまえ　を　確認かくにんしない　まま　送おくる　と、　荷物にもつ　が　戻もどって　くること　も　あります。uketorinin no namae o kakuninshinai mama okuru to, nimotsu ga modotte kurukoto mo arimasu.

If you send it without checking the recipient’s name, sometimes the package gets sent back.

いとこ　が　焼やき鳥とり　を　買かって　きて　くれた　ので、　私わたし　は　唐揚からあげ　を　作つくらなくて　済すんだ。itoko ga yakitori o katte kite kureta node, watashi wa karaage o tsukuranakute sunda.

Because my cousin bought yakitori, I did not have to make fried chicken.

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