くれ in いっしょにきてくれますか？


What is the exact meaning of くれ here:

> Will you come with me?  
>  いっしょ に きて くれます か？ / Issho ni kite kure masu ka?

Why would it not be this instead:

> いっしょ に きて します か？ / Issho ni kite shimasu ka?

Or do they both mean the same thing? If so, is there a different inflection?
As くれ signifies the giving and receiving of something, in this example does it
me the giving of someone's time?

I've only mastered the hiragana syllabary to date, so if you could please
stick to hiragana in any answers, that would be great.




The て-form of a verb followed by くれる (polite form くれます) indicates that the
verb is being done as a favour to the recipient of the verbs action.

くれる literally means 'to give', so いっしょにきてくれますか would translate as "Will you
give (me the favour of) coming with me, i.e. "Will you come with me".

There are other verbs that do similar/related things: あげる, もらう etc. Generally,
if you search for 'Japanese giving and receiving verbs' you'll find tutorials
that explain how all this stuff works. It's way too much to answer in this
question.

As for いっしょ に **きて します** か, I don't know where you got that from, but I'm
afraid it makes no sense to me.

