今日のクイズ ✈️ – Let’s Learn Travel Japanese!

When you travel in Japan, you’ll often need to ask for directions or talk about transportation.

Let’s learn how to use 〜で (de) and 〜に (ni) — they’re small but very important!

💡 Mini Lesson

〜で (de) shows how or by what means you go somewhere.

🚌 バスで行きます。(Basu de ikimasu.) → I go by bus.

🚄 しんかんせんで東京へ行きます。(Shinkansen de Tōkyō e ikimasu.) → I go to Tokyo by bullet train.

〜に (ni) shows the destination.

東京に行きます。(Tōkyō ni ikimasu.) → I go to Tokyo.

学校に行きます。(Gakkō ni ikimasu.) → I go to school.

So you can combine them:

👉 しんかんせんで東京に行きます。

(Shinkansen de Tōkyō ni ikimasu.) → I go to Tokyo by bullet train.

🥢 Beginner Quiz

Which of these means “I go to Kyoto by bus”?

a) バスで京都に行きます。(Basu de Kyōto ni ikimasu.)

b) 京都でバスに行きます。(Kyōto de basu ni ikimasu.)

c) バスを京都に行きます。(Basu o Kyōto ni ikimasu.)

⚔️ Intermediate Quiz

Translate this into Japanese:

“I came to Japan by airplane.”

(Hint: airplane = ひこうき / hikōki, came = きました / kimashita)

🏯 Advanced Quiz

Write a sentence using 〜で (de) and 〜に (ni) but with a different means of travel (for example, car, train, or on foot).

Bonus: Add why you went there!

例: くるまでうみに行きました。さかなを食べました。

(Kuruma de umi ni ikimashita. Sakana o tabemashita.)

→ I went to the sea by car. I ate fish.

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