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I'm trying to understand the grammar of 「出{で}て」 in 「出{で}て来{き}ました」. Why is 「て」
used here?
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grammar meaning
Understanding the meaning and grammar of 出{で}て in 出{で}て来{き}ました
For example, "to leave home" can translate into 家を出る and "to come" is 来る.
Then, "to leave home and come" translates to 家を出て来る.
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て is used for runnig on two verbs. In this case 出る and 来る are run on, so it
become 出て来る. This usage is often used.

For example, 走る and 行く are run on, so it become 走って行く.
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The ～て form roughly corresponds to the concept of the gerund from English. It
is a non-finite conjugation that makes the verb dependent on some subsequent
predicate to properly describe when and how the action is happening. In
particular, it has a few special usages with various auxiliary verbs.

The main point is that ～て strips a verb of any temporal placement, thus
priming it for easy manipulation by other verbs.

edit: One major class of special usages is the grammatical aspects,
～ている・～ておく・～てしまう・～てある・～ていく・～てくる. Depending on the context, your ～てきました is
either using the ～てくる aspect or using くる literally to mean "to come". The
precise meaning would depend on the context.

Either way, て fulfills the same role of stripping 出る of its tense and looking
to くる to decide what its new tense/aspect is.
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