Questions tagged [verbs-of-motion]
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Use of 'wo' in "umi no naka wo oyogu yo"
海の中を泳ぐよ
umi no naka wo oyogu yo
"wo" is the direct object particle, so does this mean "swim the in the sea?" But that doesn't make much sense.
This was from a children's colouring sheet showing a character swimming through the sea. Nothing else…
user30175
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A particle for place of action for V-2+に行く
What particle should be used for a place of action (or a place to go?) in case of using V-2+に行く construction? E.g.
食堂 ＿ 食べに行きます。
At one hand, 食堂 is a place of action (eating) and で-particle should be used.
At the other hand, it's a place to go, so…
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Motion verbs in ている form?
I've heard that when a motion verb is seen in ている form, such as 来ている, it is translated as "I came and am now here." If someone were to ask "What are you doing?" and I wanted to respond with "I'm coming to your house," how would that work? If I said…
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行っています versus 行きました
The 1993 4級 test had this vocabulary question:
ちちは いま、しんぶんを ＿＿＿＿ いって います。
１ ぬぎに ２ よびに ３ ききに ４ かいに
Am I right to say that the answer is 4, かいに, with the sentence as My dad went to buy a newspaper (Now, he is in the process of going to buy a…
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Is 行く stative, continous or instantaneous?
My textbook says 行く is instantaneous (expresses changes from one state to another) and can only be used to describe the result of a change, not movements that are currently in progress. But a Japanese native has told me that it can be used to…
Daniel
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Uses of the motion verbs （行く、来る） with the te-form
I'm studying with Tae Kim and it says that you can use a verb in te-form + 行く、来る to show that an action is oriented toward or from someplace.
In one example it says:
日本語をずっと前から勉強してきて、結局はやめた。
Studied Japanese from way back before and eventually…
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Why is kiru represented as kiri in おじいさん が 山 へ 木 を きり に いけば
I can't fathom why the verb kiru is in the masu form without the masu attached in this sentence:
おじいさん が 山{やま} へ 木{き} を きり に いけば
What is the purpose?
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In which word form does 探し belong to?
I confuse with usage of 探し in this sentence:
探しに行くんだ そこへ
I have tried to google it. But they show me 探す which is a u-verb. And I am unable to find sagashi. The closest one is sagashita which is its past form. It is a type of clipping such as…
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に行く grammar with 行く replaced by other verbs
I wonder if I can be more creative and replace 行くwith other verbs.
トニーくんは皆さんのためにコーヒー準備しに部屋を出ました。(1)
トニーくんは部屋を出て皆さんのためにコーヒー準備しました。(2)
Tony left the room to prepare coffee for everyone. (1)
Tony left the room and prepared coffee for everyone.…
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