N5

Purpose with Verb Stem + に行く

Express purpose of movement with the verb stem plus に and a movement verb such as 行く, 来る, or 帰る.

Use verb stem + に行く to express purpose.Extend the pattern to 来る and 帰る.Recognize the stem form before に in common sentences.

Guided study

Core pattern

Use the verb stem plus に行く to say that you go somewhere in order to do something. The destination usually appears with に or へ elsewhere in the sentence.

勉強しに図書館へ行きます。

I go to the library to study.

勉強しに shows the purpose before the movement verb.

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映画を見に行きます。

I go to see a movie.

見に行きます is a very common purpose-of-movement pattern.

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