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Lesson 13: I came by bus.

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

Now we can insert these new phrases into our direction sentences.
Examples:

(わたしは) くるまで みせに いきました。

 

I went to the store by car.

バスで こうえんに いきます。 I'll go to the park by bus.
じてんしゃで ぎんこうに いきましょう。 Let's go to the bank by bicycle.
わたしたちは バスで きました。 We came by bus.

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

   
particle meaning 'by means of''
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