Essentialj apanese grammar

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太郎さんに会いに行きます。 Tarō san ni ai ni ikimasu. I’ll go to see Taro. (Taro is waiting for me somewhere.)

私の車が, 山田さんの車とぶつかりました。 Watashi no kuruma ga, Yamada san no kuruma to butsukarimashita. My car collided with Ms. Yamda’s car.

私の車が山田さんの車にぶつかりました。 Watashi no kuruma ga Yamada san no kuruma ni butsukarimashita. My car crashed into Ms. Yamada’s car.

In the following sentence, to cannot be used.

歩いていてガラスの戸にぶつかりました。 Aruite ite garasu no to ni butsukarimashita. I walked into a glass door.

3. After nouns, for evaluating similarities and differences

あなたの電波時計は私が持っているのと同じです。 Anata no denpa dokei wa watashi ga motte iru no to onaji desu. Your radio watch is the same as the one that I have.

この本はあの本と似ているね。 Kono hon wa ano hon to nite iru ne. This book is similar to that book, isn’t it?

この品物は私が注文したのと違います。 Kono shinamono wa watashi ga chūmon shita no to chigaimasu. This item is not the one I ordered.

(No right before the particle to in the above sentence serves as a pronoun.) 4. After adverbs The particle to optionally follow some adverbs.

富士山をゆっくり(と)登りました。 Fujisan o Yukkuri (to) noborimashita. I walked up the trail of Mt. Fuji slowly.

変な人がきょろきょろ(と)こっちを見ている。 Hen na hito ga kyorokyhoro (to) kotchi o mite iru. A suspicious stranger is staring in our direction.

→ See Adverbs. 5. After clauses, marking a quotation clause


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