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JLPT N3
Edit  bi-ru
てくる
Meaning
Do something, and return
I'll go buy the newspaper (and come back)
Edit  bi-ru
Formation
Verb て-form
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来る
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Phrases
しんぶんをかってくる。
I'll go buy the newspaper. (implying you'll be back)
Edit  #3134 bi-ru
いしゃにいってくすりをもらってきました。
I went to the doctor and got some medicine (and came back with it) .
Edit  #3136 bi-ru
にほんごがすこしずつわかってきた
Little by little, I came to understand Japanese.
Edit  #4963 bi-ru
ぶっかがさがってくる。
Prices continue to fall.
Edit  #4964 bi-ru
Discussion and comments
As I found on (Takasugi Shinji's site) - contrast the difference of -tekuru and -teiku in the following:

物価が下がっていく。
物価が下がってくる。

Both mean that prices continue to fall. Both tekuru and teiku indicate continuation in this example. However teiku implies motion away from, whereas tekuru implies motion towards.

You think prices are going away from you in sentence 1, such as when you don't like the trend. You think prices are approaching you in sentence 2, such as when you like it.
bi-ru
contrast with verb-te+iku
 買って行く
I'll go and buy (on the way to somewhere else)
dc
wow! わかった。I get it. Thanks
anna.kendall
maybe this grammar entry should be more ーてくる as it is about appending -kuru to compound a verb.
買ってくる、持ってくる 等
dc
Maybe we could transfer that example into -nagara
bi-ru
its done, on [nagara] page
dc