V來/去 — After the verb, 來 sends the motion toward where the speaker stands; 去 sends it away.

grammar → V來/去

TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法

V來/去 grammar point · tier 1 · directional V來/去 (motion toward / away from the speaker)

After the verb, 來 sends the motion toward where the speaker stands; 去 sends it away.

Hook inherited from 趨向補語.

After the verb, 來 sends the motion toward where the speaker stands; 去 sends it away.

框 · Frame

[verb] 來 (toward speaker) / [verb] 去 (away from speaker)

觸 · Trigger

You name an action and want to say whether it heads toward you or away from you.

序 · The move

1say the verb (the action itself)

2fix your own standpoint as the referencewhere am I in this scene?

3add 來 if it arrives at me, 去 if it leaves medoes the motion end at my feet or set off from them?

例 · Examples

1你的東西我拿來carry + toward-me = bring (here)了。他跑去run + away-from-me = run off (there)學校了。

I've brought your things over (here). He ran off to school.

界 · Boundary

趨向補語

V來/去1 is the bare single tag: toward me or away from me, nothing else. 趨向補語 stacks a path-shape first (起/出/上/下) and only then 來/去, so it also says up, out, or back.

去

Standalone 去 is the main verb 'to go' and takes a place (去學校). Here 來/去 sit behind another verb and only mark its direction (跑去學校).

wrong reference point: 我在家，請你拿去 (you're handing it to me) → 我在家，請你拿來

place before the tag: 他跑學校去了 → 他跑去學校了

dropping the verb's own meaning: 他來學校 (only 'comes') → 他跑來學校 (runs, and toward me)

English 'come/go' are full verbs; learners use them alone and forget to keep the real action verb in front (跑去, 拿來), and they pick toward/away by the listener instead of by the speaker.