いきます (to go), きます (to come) and かえります (to go home, to return) are special verbs and they can be used with a verb stem + に to include a purpose.
Connection
- [verb stem] に いきます。 to go to do ~
- [verb stem] に きます。 to come to do ~
- [verb stem] に かえります。 to go home to do ~
Examples
- アイスクリームを かいに いきます。(かい ⇐ かいます)
= I’ll go and buy some icecream. - ラーメンを たべに いきました。(たべ ⇐ たべます)
= I went (out) to have some ramen. - しゃしんを みに きて ください。(み ⇐ みます)
= Come and have a look at the photos. - きのう ともだちが あそびに きました。(あそび ⇐ あそびます)
= Yesterday, my friend came (here) and had fun. - しゅくだいを とりに かえります。(とり ⇐ とります)
= I’ll go home to get my homework. - ははの てつだいを しに かえりました。(し ⇐ します)
=ははを てつだいに かえりました。(てつだい⇐てつだいます)
= I went home to help my mother.
Suggested Activities
- List up a few places where you went last week with the purpose of your visit.
Course: JLPT N5