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いく and くる are usually considered a pair of antonyms and ていく and てくる is a pair
of common constructions from them. When conjugated to the masu form, the first
one becomes ていきます and the second one becomes てきます. However in informal speech
the first one can also be contracted to てぃきます which is not very different from
the latter, just like ていく itself becomes てく. So how to tell which one the
speaker is intended to say?
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Ambiguity about -masu forms of ていく and てくる in informal speech
It depends on contexts. For example, when you are asked if you do something,
これから やってきます will be interpreted as contraction from て行き, i.e "I'll do it from
now on". On the other hand, it means "it will come soon" when you are asked
when a certain climate comes.
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