買い物に行きました
kaimono ni ikimashita
買い物に行きました (kaimono ni ikimashita) is the Japanese phrase for "I went shopping".
This phrase is used to state that you left your current location for the purpose of buying things. While you can say kaimono shimashita to mean "I did shopping", using 買い物に行きました specifically emphasizes the act of going somewhere to perform the shopping.
How does it change in a sentence?
In casual conversation with friends or family, you would use the plain past form 買い物に行った instead of the polite 買い物に行きました.
How do you pronounce it?
kaimono ni ikimashita
Did you know?
- In Japan, the act of shopping is often associated with fukuro or bags. Because of environmental laws, the phrase 'shopping' now frequently triggers a reflexive question about whether you have your own reusable bag.
- Instead of using the full word for 'supermarket', Japanese speakers almost always use the shortened loanword スーパー (suupaa) when describing where they went shopping.
- Japanese speakers often use the specific phrase kaimono ni deru, meaning 'to go out for shopping', to signal the exact moment they are leaving the house.
Examples in context
- 昨日は買い物に行きました。I went shopping yesterday.This sentence uses the form 買い物に行きました to describe an action that happened yesterday.Tatoeba #11977685 by small_snow, translation #11047477 by CK
- きのう駅の近くへ買い物に行きました。I went shopping near the station yesterday.This sentence uses the form 買い物に行きました to describe going shopping near a specific location yesterday.Tatoeba #10899659 by small_snow, translation #10899661 by CK
- 午後はデパートへ買い物に行きました。Gogo wa depāto e kaimono ni ikimashita.I went shopping at the department store in the afternoon.
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Example conversation
Ren and Misaki are talking about their weekend.
- 蓮 Ren週末は何をしましたか。Shūmatsu wa nani o shimashita ka.What did you do over the weekend?
- 美咲 Misaki私は買い物に行きました。Watashi wa kaimono ni ikimashita.I went shopping.
- 蓮 Renいいですね。何か買いましたか。Ii desu ne. Nanika kaimashita ka.That's nice. Did you buy anything?
- 美咲 Misakiはい、新しい靴を買いました。Hai, atarashii kutsu o kaimashita.Yes, I bought new shoes.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
