5.II.1 目的: …に(行きます) [(go) to objective for …]

あした、空港へ母をむかえに行きます。

Tomorrow, I will go to the airport to pick up my mother.

明天，我去機場接我的母親。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
あした	ashita	modifiers	tomorrow
空港へ	ku-ko—e	modifiers	to the airport
母を	haha-wo	subject	mother
むかえに	mukae-ni	verb conjugations	going to pick up
行きます	iki-masu	predicate	will go

What did Hiroshi come here to do?

廣志君來這裏做什麼？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ひろしくん	hiroshi-kun	subject	Hiroshi-kun
は	wa	particles	topic marker
何	nani	subject	what
を	wo	particles	object marker
しに	shi-ni	verb conjugations	to do
来た	ki-ta	predicate	came
の	no	particles	possessive marker

I went home without doing anything.

什麼都沒做就回去了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
何もしないで	nani-mo-shi-nai-de	modifiers	without doing anything
帰った	kae-t-ta	predicate	returned
けど	kedo	particles	but

Did you come to see Yumi?

你是來見Yumi小姐的吧。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ゆみさんに	Yumi-san ni	modifiers	to Yumi (destination marker)
会いに	ai ni	modifiers	to meet
来たんでしょう	kita ndeshou	predicate	probably came (casual question)

During lunch break, I return to the dormitory for a meal.

中午休息時，我會返回宿舍吃飯。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
昼休みに	hiruyasumi-ni	modifiers	during lunch break
寮へ	ryo—e	modifiers	to the dormitory
食事にもどります	shokuji-ni-modori-masu	predicate	return for a meal

I will visit temples in Kyoto during the consecutive holidays.

我會在連休期間去京都參觀寺廟。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
連休に	renkyu—ni	modifiers	during the consecutive holidays
は	wa	particles	topic marker
京都へ	kyo-to-e	modifiers	to Kyoto
お寺の	otera-no	modifiers	of the temple
見物に	kenbutsu-ni	modifiers	for sightseeing
行きます	iki-masu	predicate	will go

I sit towards the front in order to listen to the teacher’s lecture attentively.

爲了聽老師的講話，我坐在前面。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生の話を	sensei-no-hanashi-wo	modifiers	teacher’s story
よく	yoku	modifiers	well
聞くために	kiku-tame-ni	modifiers	in order to listen
前のほうに	mae-no-ho—ni	modifiers	towards the front
すわります	suwari-masu	predicate	sit