ittekimasu

[water]

Hello,

I would just like to know what does "ittekemasu" mean?
It kept on showing up and the subtitles dont give a translation.
Please reply.

Thank you in advance,

 

[etudian]

You say ittekimasu 行ってきます typically when you leave home for school, work, a trip, or whatever reason. Literally, it means "I'll go and come back," and you can use it in this sense too. You can also say it when you leave a place that you regard more or less as home.

 

[Aoyama]

ittekimasu 行ってきます literally means : I'm leaving, it is a kind of idiosyncratical idiom. French has it like " je m'en vais" or "j'y vais", better than the english, which is a bit "plain"...

 

[almostfreebird]

and it's very polite to say that... and I don't remember when I said that last time. That means I don't get along with my parents.

 

[SpiceMan]

Not even a plain old "ittekuru"?

 

[almostfreebird]

I usually say "soreja" or only "ja".