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Going to buy mugs with 〜に行く

Grammar Explanation: Going to for a purpose with 〜に行く

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Cocoa discusses the café’s coffee cups with Chino.

ココア:
「この前(まえ)面白(おもしろ)いカップ見(み)つけたんだ」
“I found an interesting cup the other day.”
「今度(こんど)買(か)いに行(い)かない？」
“Why don't we go buy some?”
Literal: “Next time, won't we go for buying?”
リゼ:
「へぇ　どんな」
“Oh? What kind?”

Key Points

1買(か)いに行(い)く states the purpose of going
  • The group would go to the shop in order to buy the cups Cocoa mentioned.
2買(か)う uses its stem before に
  • 買(か)う becomes 買(か)い, followed by purpose marker に and movement verb 行(い)く.
3行(い)かない is an invitation here
  • The negative question 今度(こんど)買(か)いに行(い)かない？ means “why don’t we go buy them sometime?”
4見(み)つけたんだ supplies background for the invitation
  • んだ explains why Cocoa proposes going shopping: she found an interesting cup earlier.

Vocabulary

(This time)

今度(こんど) means “this time” or “next time”, depending on context.

(To go)

行(い)く means to go or move toward a place away from the speaker.

(What kind of)

どんな asks what kind of person or thing something is.

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