E & Ni
“E” & “Ni” represent directions
Q : Are you going to office? – Kaisha e / ni ikimasu ka?
A : Yes, I am going to office – Hai, kaisha e / ni ikimasu
Q : Are you going to school – Gakkou e ikimasu ka?
A : No, I am not going to school – Iie, Gakkou e wa / ni wa ikimasen
Q : Where do you go? – Doko e ikimasu ka?
A : I am going to office – Kaisha e ikimasu
Q : Yesterday, where have you gone? – Kinou, doko e ikimashita ka?
A : I went to Ginza.How about you? – Ginza e ikimashita. Anata wa?
Q : I went to Shinjuku but my brother went to Ginza. – Watashi wa Shinjuku e ikimashita ga, Ani wa Ginza e ikimashita.
Q : Is Tony in? – Tony-san, imasu ka?
A : No, he is not in at the moment – Iie, ima, imasen
Q : Where is he? – Doko ni imasu ka?
A : He is in the cofeeshop infront of the train station. He will be back soon. – Eki no mae no kissaten ni imasu. Sugu kimasu.
Meaning : Kinou (Yesterday), Ima (Now), Sugu (Soon), Kimasu (Come)
You may notice the “ga” that located in between 2 sentences. It represents “but”.
| English Pack Brush Put Talk Erase / Switch Off Send Out / Take Out Drop Buy Use Sing Smoke Wash Wait Carry Type Transport Undress Wake Sleep Sell Sit Enter / Get In / Go In Return Home / Go Back Board / Ride |
Standard Form Tsutsumu Migaku Oku Hanasu Kesu Dasu Otosu Kau Tsukau Utau Suu Arau Matsu Motsu Utsu Hakobu Nugu Okiru Neru Uru Suwaru Hairu Kaeru Noru |
“masu” Form Tsutsumimasu Migakimasu Okimasu Hanashimasu Keshimasu Dashimasu Otoshimasu Kaimasu Tsukaimasu Utaimasu Suimasu Araimasu Machimasu Mochimasu Uchimasu Hakobimasu Nugimasu Okimasu Nemasu Urimasu Suwarimasu Hairimasu Kaerimasu Norimasu |
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January 12th, 2006 at 11:02 am
[…] Form others word such as verbs where we use convert from normal to “masu” such as tsutsumimasu, wakarimasu, kakimasu and so on that I have covered previously. For non-polite way, we don’t need to convert it to “masu form” and we use tsutsumu, wakaru, kaku and so on. […]
August 8th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
can you please send me some of the japanese words in standard and in ‘masu’ form?
August 8th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
There are just too many.In fact, the most important is to know the way to convert from normal form to “masu” form.
You can refer to this post for the method of such conversion : http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/verbs/
August 10th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
ok thanks
i hope i can master the japanese language of the japanese.
August 10th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
You will Jay.
August 10th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
but i’m not a quick learner?how’s it?
August 10th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Go through all the lessons in this blog (from pronunciation to all the levels)
August 11th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
ok gotcha ya!
thanks
July 19th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Hi,
I am currently studying Japanese as well, and your site really helps me too.
Anyway, can you clarify what the difference between 「クラスに きます」and 「クラスえ いきます」?
Thanks!
July 19th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Hi Carmine,
Glad you like this site.
クラスに きます means Come to class
クラスえ いきます means Go to class
Regards
July 19th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Tony,
Thanks for such a quick reply! 😉
Anyway, my mistake for not wrote about it in detail.
Literally I know the meaning…but what puzzled me is is both sentences is accepted?
Coz there’s few time, I heard other classmate use “e ikimasu” e.g: 「。。クラスえ いって、。。」
where my sensei corrected as 「。。クラスに きて。。」..
Hope I give u a correct example..
July 19th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hi Carmine,
クラスえ いって is used when someone not in the classroom asking you to go there where クラスに きて is used when someone in the classroom asking you to go there
April 15th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Hi, I have a few questions that I need help at.
Kuruma o motte imasu = I having car
Kurama o mochimasu = I have car
My teacher mentioned that the former is correct but I feel that the latter sounds better. Do you mind explaing it to me? And also,
Tanaka san wa doko de hataraite imasu ka?
Tanaka san wa doko NI sunde imasu ka? why is it ‘ni’ and not ‘de’?
April 15th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Hi Wunsche,
Your teacher is correct, the first one is correct. The second sentence means “I carry a car”
For the “de” and “ni”, good question. If you translate them into English, they look the same but not in Japanese. Difficult to explain but this how Japanese is designed.
Tanaka san wa doko de hataraite imasu ka? – Where are you working (action)
Tanaka san wa doko ni sunde imasu ka? – Where are you staying (non-action)
April 15th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
How to define ‘action’ and ‘non action’. Please give me a few example, if possible.
April 16th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Tony-san,
Hajimemashite Watashi wa Bobby desu
this is a awesome site and lessons I am learning alot from it and I have plenty of questions and maybe even some answers but am looking foward to review all the lessons
April 16th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Hi Bobby, glad you like the site. Thanks
April 19th, 2010 at 4:12 am
Sengetsu oosaka ni sumimashita
Raishuu oosaka ni sumimasu
Ima oosaka ni sunde imasu
Are those correct?
October 18th, 2010 at 11:19 am
The difference between action and non-action is kind of difficult, but I find it easiest to think of it as movement/existance and not.
Hairimasu, ikimasu, kimasu, sumimasu, norimasu, imasu, and arimasu are all about movement or location and use ni, while verbs like tabemasu, nomimasu, and nemasu have no movement and use de.
Also, in case someone doesn’t know, the particle “e” is written as “へ” (がっこうへ いきます。）.