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Heihachirou (Offline)
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12-15-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by chryuop View Post
Wow that confused me alot Let me use another example:
家にパンを持っていく I have always thought this meant I grab the bread and bring it home. To get the meaning I wanted should I say 持ちにいく? What is the real meaning of 持っていく then?
~を持っていく means bring. (get something and go)
持ちにいく is not proper usage.

verb+て行(い)く = verb and (after that) go or come.

家にパンを持っていく
You got the bread and go home.

So your Japanese is correct.
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