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Grammar detail: verb stem + にいく／にいきます

verb stem + にいく／にいきます - go to (do something)
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verb stem
+
に
い
行
く
or
に
い
行
きます
is a very useful expression which means 'go (in order to) do (something)'.
It is very commonly used with the stem
み
見
 of the verb
み
見
る (see) to mean 'go to see'. For example:
よく
えいが
映画
を
み
見
に
い
行
きます。
I often go to the movies.
Here are a few more examples:
かれ
彼
は
まいにち
毎日
かわ
川
へ
およ
泳
ぎにいく。
He goes swimming in the river every day.
にほん
日本
に
べんきょう
勉強
しに
い
行
く。
I am going to Japan to study.
まち
街
に
たんじょうび
誕生日
プレゼントを
か
買
いに
い
行
く。
I am going downtown to buy a birthday present.
こんや
今夜
スペイン
りょうり
料理
を食べに行く。
We're going out for Spanish food tonight.
ともだち
友達
に
あ
会
いに
い
行
く。
I'm going to meet up with a friend.
いく is equally commonly written in kana or kanji.
Unless it follows a verb stem, に +
い
行
く simply means 'go (to somewhere)'.
がっこう
学校
に
い
行
く
じかん
時間
です。
It's time to go to school.
It is possible for this construction to be split into its parts by a subordinate clause such as a destination. For example:
わたし
私
はトニー
くん
君
に
あ
会
いに
とうきょう
東京
に
い
行
った。
I went to Tokyo to see Tony.
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Kanji used in this grammar

行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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映
エイ   はえる to shine   うつる to be reflected   うつす to reflect, project   
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画
ガ   カク   draw
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
川
セン   かわ river   
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泳
エイ   およぐ swim   
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本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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勉
ベン    exertion   
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強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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街
カイ   ガイ   まち town, thoroughfare, street   
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誕
タン    birth   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
買
バイ   かう to buy   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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夜
ヤ   よる    よ night   
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料
リョウ    fee   
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理
リ    logic   
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食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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友
ユウ   とも friend   
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達
タツ    arrive   
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会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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校
コウ    exam   
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時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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君
クン   きみ you   
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東
トウ   ひがし east   
京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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