Learn how to use the sentence pattern "I'll go to do [something]"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 19. Talking About Something You Plan to Do. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about something you plan to do. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "I'm going to drink." |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Risa: [slow] 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for talking about something you plan to do has 3 elements. First, the masu-stem of the verb meaning "to drink." |
| Risa: 飲み (Nomi-). |
| Eric: Second, the particle indicating purpose of movement, in this case, "in order to." |
| Risa: に (ni). |
| Eric: Third is the masu-form of the verb meaning "to go." |
| Risa: 行きます (ikimasu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have, "I'm going to drink." |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) [slow] 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) [normal] 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: To say “I'm going to do [something]” in Japanese, the masu-stem of a verb comes first. In the case of the example sentence, this is |
| Risa: 飲み (nomi-), |
| Eric: plus a particle indicating the purpose of action, |
| Risa: に (ni), |
| Eric: and at the end the verb for "will go." |
| Risa: 行きます (ikimasu) |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: So remember, to talk about something you are going to do, say a verbal phrase with the masu-stem, then add |
| Risa: に行きます(ni ikimasu). |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "I will go to see a movie." First, we need the verb phrase meaning "to see a movie" with the masu-stem of the verb. This time, let’s break the phrase down. First we have |
| Risa: 映画 (Eiga) |
| Eric: meaning "movie," followed by an object marking particle, |
| Risa: を (o) |
| Eric: and the masu-stem of the verb meaning "to see," |
| Risa: 見 (mi-). |
| Eric: All together, the phrase meaning “to see a movie” is |
| Risa: 映画を見 (Eiga o mi-). |
| Eric: Second, we need the particle indicating purpose of movement. In this case, "in order to" |
| Risa: に (ni). |
| Eric: Third, the masu-form of the verb meaning "to go." |
| Risa: 行きます (ikimasu). |
| Eric: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) [slow] 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) [normal] 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: "I will go to see a movie." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: How do you say "I will go to borrow a book"? To give you a hint, "to borrow" is… |
| Risa: 借りる (kariru) |
| Eric: and its masu-form is |
| Risa: 借ります (karimasu). [slow] 借ります (karimasu). [normal] 借ります (karimasu). |
| Eric: "I will go to borrow a book." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) [slow] 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) [normal] 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I'm going to drink." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: "I will go to see a movie." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 映画を見に行きます。 (Eiga o mi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: "I will go to borrow a book." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 本を借りに行きます。 (Hon o kari ni ikimasu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about something you plan to do, as in... |
| Risa: 飲みに行きます。 (Nomi ni ikimasu.) |
| Eric: meaning "I'm going to drink." You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.). |
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