～に行きます / 来ます (Go to do…)
Core / Purpose
👀 Layer A: Visual Guide (直感理解)
📝 Quick Summary (まとめ)
「何のために行く（来る）のか」という移動(いどう)の目的(もくてき)を表す表現です。「～しに行く」と言いたいときに使います。
Use this pattern to express the PURPOSE of going or coming (“I go TO do something”). The particle “NI” marks the purpose.
Structure: [Place] へ [Verb Stem] に 行きます。
([Place] e [Verb Stem] ni ikimasu.)
🔍 Layer B: Deepening (深掘り)
💡 Raya’s Hack (攻略法)
名詞(めいし)ならそのまま「に」！
「買い物(かいもの)」や「旅行(りょこう)」のような、アクションを表す名詞なら、動詞にしなくてもそのまま「に」をつけられます。
〇 買い物しに行きます (Go to do shopping)
〇 買い物に行きます (Go for shopping) – 短くて便利！
If it’s an “Action Noun” (like Shopping, Travel, Study), you can skip the verb stem and just add “NI”. “Kaimono ni ikimasu” is shorter and very common!
🚧 Joy’s Mistake (よくある間違い)
Scene: Joy goes to eat ramen.
Joy: 「ラーメンを 食べる に 行きます！」
(Ramen o taberu ni ikimasu!)
❌ Wrong!
Why?
辞書形(じしょけい)「食べる」は使えません。「ます形」の「ます」を取った形（Stem）を使います。
正解は「食べに行きます」です。
You cannot use the Dictionary Form (“Taberu”) before “NI”. You must use the Stem form (“Tabe”). Correct: “Tabe ni ikimasu”.
🔥 Layer C: Practice Loop
Now it’s time to test your learning through the next 10 practice drills!
Level 1: Go to do (Verb Stem)
Q1. Tabemasu (Eat) → Go to eat
(Stem + ni + ikimasu)
Q2. Mimasu (Watch) → Go to watch (a movie)
(Stem + ni + ikimasu)
Q3. Kaimasu (Buy) → Go to buy
(Stem + ni + ikimasu)
Q4. Aimasu (Meet) → Go to meet (a friend)
(Stem + ni + ikimasu)
Q5. Asobimasu (Play/Hang out) → Go to hang out
(Stem + ni + ikimasu)
Level 2: Nouns & Come (Kimasu)
Q6. Shopping (Kaimono) → Go for shopping
(Noun + ni + ikimasu)
Q7. Travel (Ryokou) → Go for travel
(Noun + ni + ikimasu)
Q8. Study (Benkyou) → Come to study
(Using “Kimasu” / Come)
Q9. Translate: “I came to Japan to work.” (Hataraku)
(Stem “Hataraki” + ni + kimashita)
Q10. Translate: “I will go to the department store to buy shoes.” (Kutsu)
(Depaato e kutsu o kai ni ikimasu.)
