How to Use the Particle に in Japanese – Part 2

09/06/2020Updated 09/10/20211 min read

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How to use the particle に in Japanese – Part 2

How to use the particle に (part 2)
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1. With place nouns: に行きます・来ます・帰ります:
➡️ To go, come or return somewhere:
⭕️ 毎日会社に行って、働いています。
I go to the company to work every day.
⭕️ こんばん友達が私のうちに来ます。
A friend is coming round to my house this evening.
⭕️ よる家に帰って、シャワーをあびます。

In the evening, after getting home, I take a bath.

2. With place nouns: に入ります:

➡️To go into somewhere
⭕️ はやく教室に入ります。
Last night I went to sleep at 12.
⭕️ いもうとは去年大学に入ります。。
My younger brother started university last year.
3. With counters of time: に 〜回・度
➡ how many times an action is done within a period.
⭕️ 母は一週間に一回病院へ行きます。
My mother goes to hospital once a week
⭕️ この店は十日に一度休みます。
This shop closes once, on the 10th.
⭕️ 1日に3回この薬を飲んでください。
Take this medicine 3 times a day.
3. With a noun / verb (minus masu): に行きます・来ます・帰ります
➡️ To go, come or return somewhere in order to do something.
⭕️ アメリカへ勉強に行きます。
To go to America to study.
⭕️ ビルさんは日本でえいごを教えに来ました。
Bill came to Japan to teach English.
⭕️ 12時ですね。ご飯を食べに行きましょう。
It's 12 o'clock. Let's go and eat.
⭕️ ノートを忘れたら、家にとりに帰りました。
I forgot my notebook, so I went home to fetch it.


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See also: How to Use the Particle に (part 1)

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