いってきます

いってきます · ittekimasu · JLPT N2 · expression

'I'm going

🏠🚪 行って + きます = having gone + I come: go out and come back

It's built from itte, the te-form of iku (to go), plus kimasu, the polite form of kuru (to come). Said when leaving home, it promises you'll return. The family replies いってらっしゃい (go and come back).

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