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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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Talking about the coffee cups, Cocoa recalls an interesting cup she had found. She suggests going to buy it sometime.

ココア:
「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?”

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?”

Vocabulary

(This time)

今度(こんど) generally has two meanings: (1) the present (this time) and (2) the near future (next time). Depending on the context, it can refer to either the “past to present” or the “future”.

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