🌸 Japanese Topic 32初級🌱 Beginner

場所へ／に行きます

Basho e / ni ikimasu

Go to [Place].

🌸 Expressing Direction and Destination 🌸

💬 Dialogue

🌸 Expressing Movement 🌸

ケン：あした、どこへ行きますか。

Ashita, doko e ikimasu ka.

Where are you going tomorrow?

はな：わたしは東京へ行きます。

Watashi wa Toukyou e ikimasu.

I am going to Tokyo.

ケン：いいですね。何で行きますか。

Ii desu ne. Nan de ikimasu ka.

That's nice. How will you go there?

はな：新幹線で行きます。

Shinkansen de ikimasu.

I will go by Shinkansen.

ケン：デパートにも行きますか。

Depaato ni mo ikimasu ka.

Will you go to a department store too?

はな：はい、デパートに行きます。

Hai, depaato ni ikimasu.

Yes, I will go to a department store.

📖 Vocabulary

5 words

KanaRomajiEnglish

どこdokowhere

いきますikimasuto go

しんかんせんshinkansenbullet train

デパートdepaatodepartment store

あしたashitatomorrow

⭐ Key Sentence

場所へ／に行きます。

Place e / ni ikimasu.

Go to [Place].

Pattern: [Place] へ/に行きます。
Meaning: To go to a place.

学校へ行きます。

Gakkou e ikimasu.

I go to school.

うちに行きます。

Uchi ni ikimasu.

I go home.

🎓 Explanation

To express movement toward a destination, we use the particles へ or に followed by the verb 行きます (ikimasu).

The particle へ is written as 'he' but pronounced as "e" when used as a particle. It emphasizes the direction of movement.

The particle に (ni) emphasizes the destination or the arrival point. In most daily contexts, they are interchangeable.

Toukyou e ikimasu.
= 'I am going to Tokyo.'

Gakkou ni ikimasu.
= 'I am going to school.'

📝 Quiz