Structure
Verb[ます]+ に + 行く
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About Verb + にいく
に行く is a grammar construction that is used when someone is going somewhere for the purpose of doing (A). (A) representing the verb that comes before に行く. As with other uses of に, this particle is highlighting an end point or goal of 'going'.
When using this structure, it will be important to remember that (A) will appear in its stem form, before に行く gets attached to the end.
This grammar point is regularly translated as 'to go in order to (A)'.
If you have already 'gone' somewhere for the purpose of doing something, then you would use '(A) に来た', while at the location.
Synonyms
Examples
ラーメンを食べに行く。
To go eat ramen.
サッカーをしに行く。
To go play soccer.
日本語を勉強しに行きます。
I will go study Japanese.
公園へ遊びに行った。
I went to play at the park.
本を買いに行きます。
I will go buy a book.
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Page 174
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Page 30 [CH 29]
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Page 297
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Verb + にいく – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (31 in total)
Orb_Crabmelt
I’ve been positively beating my head against this one until I remembered to check the little grammar discussion. There most definitely needs to be more elaboration on godan verbs needing to be conjugated from casual dictionary form to the polite form before you lop off the ます and add the に行く
IcyIceBear
Not godan specific conjugation explanation, but it does have something that tells you.
malek777
Hi all! I see that some actions include the stem from of suru (shi) before adding the ni-iku. My question is: Does suru (shi in this case) not require an object marker (wo) to function correctly? In the below sentence, for example, why is there no “wo” between “benkyou” and “shi”?
日本語を勉強しに行きます
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