Hello,
I've been studying Japanese for a few weeks and I am confused as to when I should use 'kuru'. To my (limited) understanding, 'iku' is used for movements away from the speaker or if the speaker is moving to a destination while 'kuru' is used for movement towards the speaker. With that logic, I understand how "I'm coming now!" is translated as "ima ikimasu!" instead of "ima kimasu!".
But here are a couple of sentences I came across in my textbook:
Ashita kimasu (I will come tomorrow)
Kinou hachijigoro daigaku ni kimashita (I came to university around 8 yesterday).
I don't understand why "kuru" is used instead of "iku" when the speaker is moving to the destinations.
Thanks. Any help would be much appreciated.
I've been studying Japanese for a few weeks and I am confused as to when I should use 'kuru'. To my (limited) understanding, 'iku' is used for movements away from the speaker or if the speaker is moving to a destination while 'kuru' is used for movement towards the speaker. With that logic, I understand how "I'm coming now!" is translated as "ima ikimasu!" instead of "ima kimasu!".
But here are a couple of sentences I came across in my textbook:
Ashita kimasu (I will come tomorrow)
Kinou hachijigoro daigaku ni kimashita (I came to university around 8 yesterday).
I don't understand why "kuru" is used instead of "iku" when the speaker is moving to the destinations.
Thanks. Any help would be much appreciated.