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If I understand right, those 2 are imperative forms of the verb to come. What
are the differences?
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来て and 来てくれ differences?
This くれ etymologically comes from 呉れる "to give (something to me)." So 来てくれ
literally means "give (me) a visit" or something like that.

来て is merely the imperative form of 来る. (sorry, but it's precisely a 連用形 of
来る. this one is the only カ行変格活用verb...)

But in reality both have very little or no difference in meaning or politeness
level.
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Japanese has many levels of politeness etc. and therefore very many ways to
make requests.

Here are some in order of politeness.

> こい！ = Come!  
>  来て = Come.  
>  来てくれ = Do me the favor of coming.  
>  来てください = Please come.  
>  来てくれませんか = Could you please do me the favor of coming.
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The くれます from くれ indicates the other person is doing you a favour. But as くれ
is in imperative form, the command is direct, perhaps even abrupt. 来て seems
softer to me because it's using the て form to say 'Come', which is softer than
the imperative form こい (Come!).
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