็ฎ็ใฎใใซ่กใใพใ
Mokuteki no ~ ni ikimasu
Going somewhere for a purpose.
๐ธ Expressing Purpose of Movement ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Shuumatsu wa dokoka e ikimasu ka.
Are you going anywhere this weekend?
Hai, depaato e kaimono ni ikimasu.
Yes, I'm going to the department store to shop.
Ii desu ne. Watashi wa toshokan e benkyou ni ikimasu.
That's nice. I'm going to the library to study.
Gogo wa kouen e sanpo ni ikimasen ka.
Why don't we go to the park for a walk in the afternoon?
Ii desu ne. Sono ato de shokuji ni ikimashou.
Sounds good. Let's go for a meal after that.
Ee, ekimae no resutoran ni tabe ni ikimashou.
Yes, let's go to the restaurant in front of the station to eat.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
Place e [Purpose] ni ikimasu.
Go to [Place] for [Purpose].
- Pattern: Place ใธ [Purpose] ใซ ่กใใพใใ
- Meaning: To go somewhere for a specific purpose.
Eigakan e eiga o mi ni ikimasu.
I go to the cinema to watch a movie.
Tenisu kooto e tenisu ni ikimasu.
I go to the tennis court for tennis.
๐ Explanation
This grammar pattern is used to express the purpose of your movement. It combines a destination with the reason you are going there.
The particle ใซ follows the purpose. The purpose can be a noun (like 'shopping') or the stem of a verb (the part before 'masu').
่กใใพใ (to go), ๆฅใพใ (to come), or ๅธฐใใพใ (to return) are commonly used at the end of this structure.
Kaimono ni ikimasu
= 'Go for shopping.'
Tabe ni ikimasu
= 'Go to eat.'
๐ Quiz
Which sentence means 'I am going to the library to study.'?