Lesson 7. Grammar Item #4

I went to a department store to buy a bag.

 

·          buy a bag [Verb Base] à かばんを かw

·          went to a department store à わたしは デパートにいきました。

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Purpose-of-Movement Particle

The particle /ni/ takes a minimal verb phrase with its verb Verb Base + /i/, and indicates that the verb phrase of the verb base + /i/ is the purpose of the verb modified by that /ni/ phrase. The verb modifiable by this /ni/ phrase is only the verbs that refer to a movement from one place to another, e.g., /k/ ‘go’, /k/ ‘come’, /かえr/ ‘return’.

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1)わたしは デパートに かばんを かい いきました。

N.B. /w/ + /i/ is pronounced as かい, which is the same as the pre-/mas/ form かいます. 

 

a)   Mary has come to Japan to study Japanese.

b)  Please come to the library to borrow that book.