Japanese Lesson: Going to a Destination

Learn how to express that you will go or will not go and went or didn’t go to a specific destination. Also learn how to ask other people where they will go or went as well as how to respond if asked a similar question.

Sentence Structure:

Japanese	English
(place) + ni + ikimasu.	I will go to (place).
(place) + ni + ikimashita.	I went to (place).
(place) + ni + ikimasen.	I won’t go to (place).
(place) + ni + ikimasen deshita.	I didn’t go to (place).
(place) + ni + ikimasu ka.	Will you go to (place)?
(place) + ni + ikimashita ka.	Did you go to (place)?
(place) + ni + ikimasen ka.	Won’t you go to (place)?
(place) + ni + ikimasen deshita ka.	You didn’t go to (place)?
Hai, ikimasu.	Yes, I will go.
Iie, ikimasen.	No, I won’t go.
Hai, ikimashita.	Yes, I went.
Iie, ikimasen deshita.	No, I didn’t go.

Lesson Vocabulary:

English	Romaji	Hiragana	Kanji
to go	ikimasu	いくます	行きます
won’t go	ikimasen	いきません	行きません
went	ikimasita	いきました	行きました
didn’t go	ikimasen deshita	いきませんでした	行きませんでした
department store	depato	デパート
work (noun)	shigoto	しごと	仕事
party	pātī	パーティー
train station	eki	えき	駅
today	kyou	きょう	今日
yesterday	kino	きのう	昨日
tomorrow	ashita	あした	明日
day after tomorrow	asatte	あさって	明後日
day before yesterday	ototoi	おととい	一昨日
yes	hai	はい
no	iie	いいえ