If いきます means 'to go' and いいます means 'to say or call', then how do these verbs
convert into て form?

Aren't they the same since they both end in 〜ち、〜り、〜い ＋ ます?

Is this correct? How do you change it?

> 行きます → 行って → to go
>
> いいます → いって → to say/to call
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verbs て-form
What's the difference between て form for verbs: 'go' and 'says'
て can do a great many things but is usually not meant to be used just like
that. Unless you give an order.

> 言います －＞ say  
>  言っています －＞ saying  
>  言ってみて －＞ try to say it  
>  言って！ －＞ Say it!

Also, maybe I didn't understand your question well and you were wondering how
to differentiate them since they both become 「いって」. To which I would just say
to you that in any language it's only natural to have many words written the
same way but with different meanings. All you can do is guess with the
context.
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They are the same, and the forms you wrote are correct, but your reasoning is
slightly flawed in the case of 行く.

Godan verbs that end in く usually contract as such:

かく->かいて

きく->きいて

はく->はいて

...and so on. However, 行く is an exception to this (and it's the only one I'm
aware of); it contracts as 行く->行って, where you would normally expect it to
contract to *行いて. This is just something you have to remember. Your reasoning
for 言う is correct, though.
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