Grammar I - 07.04

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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III

Grammar I - 07.04

verb stem + にいく
	If a person moves to another place in order to do something, we can describe their movement and its purpose this way:

に / へ	Particles: destination of movement + ni / he [e]

に　行く/来る/帰るに　いく/くる/かえる	Describing the purpose of movement - ni + go / arrive / return
ni iku/kuru/kaeru
	The purpose of movement can either be a noun (kaimono - shopping) or a phrase with a verb, its object and so forth. Verbs describing the purpose of a movement must be in their stem forms.
デパート　に　かばん　を　かい　に　いきました。	I went to a department store to buy a bag.
depaato ni, kaban o kai ni, ikimashita.
メアリー　さん　は　にほん　に　にほんご　を　べんきょうし　に　きました。	Mary has come to Japan to study Japanese.
mearii san wa, nihon ni, nihongo o benkyoo-shi ni kimashita.