Help with complex sentences please

[gryffindor]

Hi all,

A book I have gives the following example for combining two clauses into a complex sentence.

ヘレンさんわ　美術館え　行きます。絵を 見ます。
--> ヘレンさんわ　美術館え　絵を　見に　行きます。

Am I right to say that one of the key aspects of this operation is that the second verb 見ます　was converted back into the root form 見る and the る substituted by the に particle?

Can someone please comment if my answers (the complex sentences) A and B are correct? The book didn't provide the answers. It's so frustrating.

a) 私わ　山へ　行きます。写真を　とります。

--> 私わ　山へ　写真を　とに　行きます。

b) 私わ　ハワイへ　行きます。サーフィンを　します。
--> 私わ　ハワイへ　サーフィンを　しに　行きます。

[Bueller_007]

Your particles are all out of whack.

ヘレンさんは美術館へ絵を見に行きます。

私は山へ写真をとりに行きます。
私はハワイへサーフィンをしに行きます。

You don't "replace" the "ru" with "ni". The "ni" follows the -masu stem of the verb. If your book doesn't explain this, I'd get a new book.

For suru verbs like surfing, you can just dump the verb altogether.
私はハワイへサーフィンに行きます。

[Bucko]

Am I right to say that one of the key aspects of this operation is that the second verb 見ます　was converted back into the root form 見る and the る substituted by the に particle?

Nope. The verbs use the 'base 2' form. So for Group 1 verbs you change the final 'u' sound to and 'i' sound. iku = iki, hanasu = hanasi (or hanashi), yomu = yomi etc. With Group 2 verbs you simply drop the る (like you thought it was for all verbs). miru = mi, taberu = tabe, kiru = ki.

Once you've changed the verb into the 'base 2' form, you add the に, then you have something that means roughly 'in order to'. 'mi ni' = in order to see, 'tabe ni' = in order to eat, 'hanasi ni' = in order to speak. (some members might dispute my 'in order to' interpretation of this form but it should give you the general idea).