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JLPT N4 · Verb forms

ていく (te iku)

~ていく — “go on ~ing / from now on”

In short · Attach いく to the te-form to show an action or change continuing from now into the future, or moving away from the speaker: 勉強していく, 増えていく.
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Pattern

  • 動詞て形+いく Verb te-form + いく (勉強していく)

Continuing into the future

これからも日本語を勉強していきます means you will continue from now on. It also marks change: 増えていく, 変わっていく.

ていく versus てくる

ていく is change from now toward the future; てくる is change from the past up to now (寒くなってきた). Learn them as a pair.

Examples

  • これからも日本語(にほんご)を勉強(べんきょう)していきます。

    Kore kara mo Nihongo o benkyō shite ikimasu.

    I will keep studying Japanese from now on.

  • これから毎朝(まいあさ)早(はや)く起(お)きていくつもりです。

    Korekara maiasa hayaku okite iku tsumori desu.

    From now on I plan to keep getting up early every morning.

  • この町(まち)の人口(じんこう)はこれからも増(ふ)えていくでしょう。

    Kono machi no jinkō wa korekara mo fuete iku deshō.

    This town's population will probably keep increasing from now on.

Common mistakes

  • For change from the past up to now, use てくる.
  • As an auxiliary it is usually written in kana: いく.

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