Recall from Lesson 7 that "I go to the store." is "わたしは　みせに　いきます。" This means that "I went to the store." is "(わたしは) みせに　いきました。" To add a bit more information to this, we can say how we got to the store. To do this, we need to use the particle で. De roughly means "by means of", "at" or "in" depending upon how it's used. In this lesson, we'll be using the 'by means of' meaning.

で is a particle and therefore it follows the term it modifies.

Examples:

くるまで
じてんしゃで
バスで
でんしゃで

by car
by bike
by bus
by train

(わたしは)　くるまで みせに　いきました。

I went to the store by car.

Lesson 13 Vocabulary:

じてんしゃ

bicycle

バス

bus

でんしゃ

train

みせ

shop/store

ぎんこう

bank

わたしたち

we/us