Lesson15:~ていく ~teiku /to go on, to continue, to start
Audio
Dialog
男:きれいね
女:うん
男:空がだんだんあかるくなっていく。
女:すてきね。
M:Kireine.
F:Un.
M:Sora ga dandan akaruku natteiku.
F:Suteki dane.
M:Very beautiful,isn’t it?
F:Yes.
M:The sky is getting to be clear.
F:How lovely is it.
Grammar explaination
You can use ~ていく when you want to say “to get to A.”
■The patterns is below:
Verb:て-form+いく
Example sentences
世の中ではこれから日本語を勉強する人が増えていくと思う。yono naka dewa korekara nihongo wo benkyou suru hito ga fuete iku to omou.
I think there is an increase in people learning Japanese in this world.
毎日、日本語を勉強すれば、上手になっていきます。Mainichi benkyou wo sureba, jouzu ni natte ikimasu.
If you study Japanse every day, your Japanse will begin to improve.
毎日納豆を食べれば、納豆の味がだんだん好きになっていく。Mainichi nattou wo tabereba,nattou no aji ga dandan suki ni natteiku.
If I eat natto every day I’ll gradually grow to like it’s taste.
Vocabularies
きれいな kireina(beautiful)
空 sora(sky)
だんだん dandan(gradually)
Keep up with your studies!