I understand this may be a silly question, but I'm currently trying to teach myself Japanese and don't have access to many resources. Am I right in thinking - 私は, 明日街に歩く - means 'I will walk to town tomorrow"? I have not learned about polite forms yet so I am assuming this is just the plain casual form. If it is wrong, would you please be able to show me what I have done wrong?
Finally, does anyone have any idea on what I should do next? I am currently using Tae Kim's Grammar guide, is it worth getting the Genki textbooks and using them as well?
Thank you all for taking the time to read this.
Answer
Unfortunately 私は、明日街に歩く is not grammatical. To say "to walk to the town", some possible options are:
- 街へ歩く
- 街まで歩く
- 街に歩いて行く
Particles に and へ are similar in purpose (both can mark a destination) and actually interchangeable in many cases, but in this case, using に with 歩く is not a natural option. In the last example, I combined 行く using the te-form of 歩く, and 行く can safely take both に and へ without changing the meaning.
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