〜ていく
JLPT N4:go on / go (doing)
Adds movement away from the speaker, in space or in time: "do and go", "take along", or a change that continues from now into the future.
How to form it
- Put the verb in the て-form and add いく. いく conjugates like 行く and is usually written in hiragana.
- Taking something along, or doing something before you go: お弁当を持っていく (take a packed lunch).
- Movement away from the speaker: 鳥が飛んでいった (the bird flew away).
- An action or change continuing from now on: これからも勉強していきます (I'll keep on studying).
Examples
これからも日本語を勉強していきます。
I'll keep studying Japanese from now on.
お弁当を持っていく。
I'll take a packed lunch with me.
Notes
- In casual speech ていく often shortens to てく: 持ってく.
Similar meaning
- 〜てくるcome (to) / start to
Movement toward the speaker, or a change that has built up to now.