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I can't understand the role of し after 留学 in the sentence:

> 来年、日本に留学 **し** に行くと決めた。

I heard that it is supposed to be a conjugated form of する, but I don't know a
conjugation ending in just し. Any ideas?
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conjugations nouns renyōkei
What is the role of し after the noun?
しに行くis a way to express "go **with the purpose of doing** (something)".

The し is the Continuative Form (連用形) of する - you will probably recognize it as
the base part of します. All verbs have a continuative form. For example, 話す
would be 話し, 食べる would be 食べ, etc. Basically it's the part that comes before
ます.

When you have the construction:  
`Verb 1 (continuative form) + に + Verb 2`, it means "to do Verb 2 with the
purpose of carrying out Verb 1".

So in your example sentence, 留学しに行く means "go (Verb 2 行く) with the purpose of
studying abroad (Verb 1 留学する)".

But it doesn't always have to be し, as that is only the case with する. Another
example phrase would be 先生に聞きに行く. This time 聞く is in the continuative form 聞き.
So the phrase is translated literally as "go to the teacher with the purpose
of asking something". A more natural translation would be "to go ask the
teacher". You might also recognize the phrase 見に行く (to go see something). This
is also the same construction `Verb 1 continuative form + に + Verb 2.`
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