5.II.2 目的: Vるため(に) . Nのため (に) [in order to do V]

デザインを勉強するために、専門学校に行っています。

I am going to a vocational school to study design.

爲了學習設計，我去了專科學校。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
デザイン	dezain	subject	design
を	wo	particles	object marker
勉強する	benkyo—suru	predicate	study
ために	tame-ni	modifiers	for the purpose of
専門学校	senmon-gakko	modifiers	vocational school
に	ni	particles	direction marker
行っています	i-t-te-i-masu	verb conjugations	is going

Mr. Tanaka runs 10 kilometers every day to improve his running ability.

田中先生每天跑10公里，以增強跑步能力。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
田中さん	tanaka-san	subject	Mr. Tanaka
は	wa	particles	topic marker
走る力をつけるため	hashiru-chikara-wo-tsukeru-tame	modifiers	in order to gain running ability
毎日	mainichi	modifiers	every day
10キロ	juu kiro	modifiers	10 kilometers
走っています	hashi-t-te-i-masu	predicate	is running

There are many things that you must prepare for studying abroad.

爲了留學，有很多事情需要準備。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
留学のために	ryu-gaku-no-tame-ni	modifiers	for studying abroad
準備しなければならない	junbi-shi-nakere-ba-nara-nai	predicate	must prepare
ことが	koto ga	particles	nominalizer
たくさん	takusan	modifiers	a lot
あります	ari-masu	predicate	there are

Let’s reconsider the purpose of creating this meeting.

請再次考慮這次會議的目的是什麼。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
この	kono	modifiers	this
会	kai	subject	meeting
を	wo	particles	object marker
何のために	nani-no-tame-ni	modifiers	for what purpose
作った	tsuku-t-ta	verb conjugations	made
のか	no ka	particles	question marker
目的	mokuteki	subject	purpose
を	wo	particles	object marker
もう1度	mou ichido	modifiers	once again
考えてみよう	kangae-te-miyo-u	predicate	let’s think

I went to the sea to see the sunset.

去海邊看夕陽。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
夕日	yu-hi	subject	sunset
を	o	particles	object marker
見に	mi-ni	modifiers	to see
海へ	umi-e	modifiers	to the sea
行った	i-t-ta	predicate	went

I went to the sea to investigate the cause of the accident.

爲了調查事故的原因，他們去了海邊。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
事故	jiko	subject	accident
の	no	particles	possessive particle
原因	gen’in	modifiers	cause
調べる	shiraberu	predicate	investigate
ために	tame-ni	modifiers	in order to
海	umi	modifiers	sea
へ	e	particles	direction marker
行った	i-t-ta	verb conjugations	went

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

爲了好好聽老師講話，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