I will go with my friend. -- Tomodachi to ikimasu. I will go with my wife. -- Kanai to ikimasu. My wife will go. -- Kanai ga ikimasu. *I went there in September. -- Ku-gatsu ni ikimashita. I will go to Nikko with my family and friends. -- Kazoku to tomodachi to Nikkou e ikimasu. *I went to Yokohama with my younger brother last Friday. -- Senshuu no kin-youbi ni otouto to Yokohama e ikimashita. *Who did you go with? With my colleague. -- Dare/Donata to ikimashita ka. Douryou to ikimashita. *Who are you going with? -- Dare/Donata to ikimasu ka. *I went alone. -- Hitori de ikimashita. I will go to a party. -- Paatii ni ikimasu. (purpose) I'm going shopping in Shinjuku tomorrow. -- Ashita Shinjuku e kaimono ni ikimasu. *I'm going to see a movie with a friend tomorrow. -- Ashita tomodachi to eiga ni ikimasu. *I'm going to Gotenba to play golf this Sunday. -- Nichi-youbi ni Gotenba e gorufu ni ikimasu. I'm going to Soko Gakuen to study. -- Soko Gakuen e benkyou ni ikimasu. Yesterday I went to Yokohama for dinner with my husband. -- Kinou shujin to Yokohama e shokuji ni ikimashita. *I'm going to a concert with my colleague tomorrow night. -- Ashita no ban ni (or: ashita no yoru ni) douryou to konsaato ni ikimasu. NOTE: ban is more formal What was the purpose of going there? -- Nani o shi ni ikimashita ka. *Mr. Yamashita will go to Hawaii with his wife next week. -- Raishuu Yamashita-san wa (ga) okusan to Hawai e ikimasu. I will go by train. -- Densha de ikimasu. I'm going to Niigata by bullet train. -- Shinkansen de Niigata e ikimasu. *I'm going to Osaka. I'm also going to Kyoto next month by Shinkansen. -- Oosaka e ikimasu. Raigetsu Kyouto e mo Shinkansen de ikimasu. *I usually walk to school. -- Futsuu aruite gakkou e ikimasu. *How did you get there? I drove. -- Douyatte (or: nan de) ikimashita ka. Kurama de ikimashita. *How did you come to work today? I took the bus. -- Kyou douyatte shigoto ni kimashita ka. Basu de kimashita. Mr. Tanaka went to Yokohama by train yesterday. -- Kinou Tanaka-san ga Yokohama e densha de ikimashita. *Yesterday I went to Yokohama by train. -- Kinou Yokohama e densha de ikimashita. *How are you going to go to Nikko? -- Douyatte (or: nan de) Nikko e ikimasu ka. *How did you go there before? -- Mae douyatte ikimashita ka. *Are you going somewhere tomorrow? No, I'm not going anywhere. -- Ashita dokoka e ikimasu ka. Iie, doko e mo ikimasen. *Are you planning to go somewhere for the up-coming holidays? No, I'm not planing to go anywhere. -- Kondo no yasumi ni dokoka e ikimasu ka. Iie, doko e mo ikimasen. someone -- dareka somewhere -- dokoka something -- nanika *Did you go anywhere last week? -- Senshuu dokoka e ikimashita ka. *Where did you go last week? -- Senshuu doko e ikimashita ka. Did someone come? -- Dareka kimashita ka. Nobody came. -- Dare mo kimasen deshita. (question word dare followed by mo and used in a negative sentence= noone) I didn't go anywhere yesterday. -- Kinou doko e mo ikimasen deshita. (question word doko e followed by mo in a negative sentence= anywhere) *This time we are not taking the train, we will drive. -- Kondo wa densha ja arimasen (or: Kondo wa densha de ikimasen). Kuruma de ikimasu. (I) went there last year. (I) went this year also. -- Kyonen ikimashita. Kotoshi mo ikimashita. *Mr. Tanaka went to Kyushu. However, he did not go to Nagasaki. He did not go to Kumamoto either. -- Tanaka-san wa Kyuushuu e ikimashita. Demo, Nagasaki e wa ikimasen deshita (wa=to show contrast). Kumamoto e mo ikimasen deshita. Mr. Tanaka went to Kyoto. He went to Nara also. -- Tanaka-san wa Kyouto e ikimashita. Nara e mo ikimashita. *This time Mr. Tanaka is not going. Mr. Yamashita is not going either. -- Kondo wa Tanaka-san wa ikimasen. Yamashita-san mo ikimasen. however -- demo *Did you also go to France? -- Furansu e mo ikimashita ka. *Did you go to France. No, I did not go to France. -- Furansu e ikimashita ka. Iie, Furansu e ikimasen deshita. *Did your husband come here yesterday? -- Kinou go-shujin wa (or:ga) kimashita ka. *No, my husband did not come, but my children came. -- Iie, shujin ga (or: wa) kimasen deshita. Demo, kodomo wa (for contrast) kimashita. *Is that so. It sounds good. -- Sou desu ka. Ii desu ne.