你来给我们评评理
Three people are discussing something. One of them asks another to be judge on who's right.
What's the exact meaning of 来 here? Since three of them are already together, it shouldn't be "come here".
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1What is "come" doing in "How come you are not an administrator after ten years with the company"?– Wayne CheahSep 3, 2020 at 3:51
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2We seem to get a number of these questions: (1) The grammatical component of 来 in this sentence (2) 来 + verb to indicate future (3) What does 来 mean in 他想一切办法来验证这个理论 and 我们设了个陷阱来抓狐狸? (4) Can 来 be used as a 虚词?– Becky 李蓓 ♦Sep 3, 2020 at 3:57
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It IS "come here", however, "here" is not a position, it's a "context". For example, imaging the following conversation between three people in good relationship: A:今晚我们吃什么？(started a context about dinner) B:去XX吧，那里的YY贼好吃。 C said to B:还吃YY啊，你看你都胖成啥样了？(started a new sub-context about B's body). B look at C from head to to foot, and said to A:你来给我们评评理，看看到底谁胖？ In this example, A is definitely in a context he/she started, however, he/she is not in the sub-context about B's body, so B invite A to join/come/来 this sub-context go give an opinion.– LiuYan 刘研Sep 5, 2020 at 4:18
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The "来", "come" here acts as a form of "invitation", inviting someone to give an opinion or judgement.
Like, "come, give us your view on this matter"
"来“ in the sentence means that the speaker is asking the third person to join their conversation and resolve the problem.
你来给我们评评理
You are right, we shouldn't take its literal meaning here "to come here".
来, here in the context, is used to invite for comment. Other examples: 让我来(let me do it or I will cover it). 你来(You do it). 不，我不来(No, I won't do it.)
This dictionary definition addresses it:
用在动词性短语前面，表示要做某事(preceding a verbal phrase, denoting will do something)
E. g. 我来说几句。
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1It might be a usage I'm not aware of. I thought the nuance of 来 as in 让我来 (let me do it), or 我来解决这个事 (I'll solve that matter) was mostly found in the first person （我）or with other causative verbs (让）. But the more I read the OP's sentence, the more I'm convinced it could just be as you say Sep 3, 2020 at 23:12
Person A or B calls person C to 'come' judging the issue because the issue is right in front of them
Notice, we use [来 + V] when the object is close to us, and we use [去 + V] when the object is not close to us
Example:
我來開車 (the car is close by or you are in the car)
我去開車 (the car is not near by or even insigh)
I think "来" here means the start of an action.
