ゆく and ゆけ

[magnetdance]

I'd like to know what the difference is between them. I do remember learning about it years ago but since I have a terrible memory, I'm not sure anymore

For example, what would be the difference between 溺れてゆく and 溺れてゆけ?

[Masa Kaneda]

I'm not very good at explanation, but I'll try it.

ゆく and ゆけ

ゆく　I go to school　学校に行く (simple present tense)
ゆけ　go to school!, hurry! 学校に行け！はやく！(telling someone what to do)
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You should change the example you wrote. Because people barely say the later word.
I explain with different words;

飛んでゆく

in this case, it usually represents "present progressive form"

飛んでゆけ

It's like yelling at a balloon "go start flying"
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I hope my explanation is good enough for you to understand. But probably other people got better explanation than mine.

[Ju-da-su]

ゆく = Present/Future Statement Verb
ゆけ = Imperative Verb (like in giving orders)

So, 溺れてゆく is "<Someone> is drowning" and 溺れてゆけ is "<You> go drown".

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[magnetdance]

Right! I get it now. Thanks so much for helping!

Er, about the example, I just picked a random word from a song I was supposed to translate. Haha...