01
PATTERN
place へ 行きます
へ marks the destination or direction of a movement verb such as 行きます, 来ます, or 帰ります.
EXAMPLE · 例文来月 日本 へ 行きます。
I will go to Japan next month.
第5課 · COMPLETE LESSON
どこへ いきますか
Going places
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
vehicle で 行きます
で marks the means of transport. Walking is expressed with 歩いて without で.
EXAMPLE · 例文電車 で 横浜 へ 行きます。
I go to Yokohama by train.
03
PATTERN
person と V
と marks the person or animal who performs an action together with you.
EXAMPLE · 例文友達 と 京都 へ 行きました。
I went to Kyoto with a friend.
04
PATTERN
question word + も + negative
A question word followed by も and a negative verb means nobody, nowhere, or nothing.
EXAMPLE · 例文日曜日 は どこ にも 行きません。
I am not going anywhere on Sunday.
05
PATTERN
いつ／～よ
いつ asks when without に. Sentence-final よ presents information the listener may not know.
EXAMPLE · 例文三月 に 行きます よ。
I am going in March, you know.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →61 words from this lesson.
go
come
go home, return
school
supermarket
station
aeroplane, airplane
ship
electric train
underground, subway
the Shinkansen, the bullet train
bus
taxi
bicycle
on foot
person, people
friend
he, boyfriend, lover
she, girlfriend, lover
family
alone, by oneself
last week
this week
next week
last month
this month
next month
last year
this year
next year
-th year
what year
-th month of the year
what month
first day of the month
second, two days
third, three days
fourth, four days
fifth, five days
sixth, six days
seventh, seven days
eighth, eight days
ninth, nine days
tenth, ten days
fourteenth, fourteen days
twentieth, twenty days
twenty-fourth, twenty-four days
-th day of the month, － day(s)
which day of the month, how many days
when
birthday
Yes, it is.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome./Don't mention it.
platform －, -th platform
next
local (train)
rapid
express
name of a town near Osaka
Osaka Castle, a famous castle in Osaka