3[✐1] I go to eat. [Vmasu]+ni ikimasu

 [Vmasu]+ni ikimasu : to go to do such and such
[00:08]
Hello, everybody. Now we start.
Repeat After Me
[00:14]
1.  I go to eat lunch.
2.  I go to see a film.
3.  I go to Osaka to have fun.
4.  I go to see my parents.
5.  Someday, I (will) go to buy a pasokon (personal computer).
6.  After work, I go out to drink (alcohol).
(Nomi ni ikimasu = go out to drink alcohol, hit a bar)
7.  Tommorrow, I go to see Baseball.
8.  I go to the library to borrow books.
9.  I go skiing.
10.  I go to the park for a walk.
11.  I go to Paris to study fashion.
12.  (From) now, I go to a department store for shopping.
13.   I go to learn karate.
14.  I go to the gym to do Yoga.
15.  I go to Canada to study English.
[03:17]
These expressions “tabe ni ikimasu” or “mini ikimasu” are one of my favourite topics to teach, as they boot up the learners’ level to the next level.
[03:27]
Shall we try a bit longer sentence?
Repeat After Me
[03:34]
1.  I go to pick up my friend.
2.  I go to the airport to pick up my friend.
3.  I go to the airpot by car to pickt up my firend.
4.  I go to the airport with my father by car to pick up my friend.
5.  I go to the airport with my father by car to pick up my friend fron now.

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