Jis A Grammar - Ni

JIS-A: Grammar: ni*

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Particle に** can be used to indicate a location of existence and a destination. It can also be used to indicate a point in time. However, particle に will not be used to indicate a point in time with a relative time word or a general time word. So with words relative words like 今日, 今, etc. (these words are relative because what they refer to depends on the current day, time, etc.), and general words like 朝, 毎 日, etc., に with not be used. But with words like 二時, 二十三日, 土曜日, 八時三十五分, 二 千八年 etc. に will be used. 例:

土曜日に来ると思いますよ。 学校は三時に終わります。 昨日、新しい車を買いましたよ。

I think he’s coming on Saturday. School ends at three o’clock. I bought a new car yesterday.

次の文章を、日本語で書きなさい: 1. Who’s going to Tokyo tomorrow? (speaking to a teacher) _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. I think the soccer game starts at 4:30. (speaking to a friend) (「と思う」を使いなさい) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. I want to go to a friend’s house on Friday, but… (speaking to a teacher) (「んです」を使いなさい) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. But winter break starts on the 22nd. (explaining to a teacher why you can’t have a test on the 23rd) (「んです」を使いなさい) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. I’m busy now, so I’ll go at 5:00. Is that okay? (lit. is it good?) (「から」を使いなさい) (speaking to a friend) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Yesterday I went to the store, studied at the library, played video games at home, and saw a movie (speaking to a friend) (「-て」を使いなさい) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ *Mistakes related to sentence endings and particles に and で will be penalized.

**Particle に has many functions. We will cover others later.