Transportation 1
All aboard!
When talking about using some mode of transportation, put に after the vehicle, and end with 乗ります. Remember, the verb comes at the end of the sentence in Japanese!
自転車に乗ります。
(I) ride a bicycle.
(I) ride a bicycle.
タクシーに乗ります。
(I) ride taxis.
(I) ride taxis.
電車に乗ります。
(I) take the train.
(I) take the train.
It's about time!
In English, when we talk about how much time something takes, we usually use the words approximately or about before the time. In Japanese, you use the word くらい after the approximate time!
駅からホテルまで五分くらいかかります。
(It) takes about five minutes to get to the hotel from the train station.
(It) takes about five minutes to get to the hotel from the train station.
駅から学校まで十分くらいかかります。
(It) takes about ten minutes to get to school from the train station.
(It) takes about ten minutes to get to school from the train station.
どれくらいかかりますか？
About how long will (it) take?
About how long will (it) take?
Not too far off!
To say things like not slow or not fast, change the ‑い at the end of an adjective to ‑くない. For example, to say not close in Japanese, you’d change 近い to 近くない.
遠くないです。
(It) is not far.
(It) is not far.
彼女は速くないです。
She is not fast.
She is not fast.