Moving Verbs

This week, students learned more verbs, such as "to wake up", "to sleep", "to go" and "to come."

In most cases, Japanese いきます(IKIMASU “to go”) corresponds to English "go" and Japanese きます (KIMASU “to come”) corresponds to English "come". However, there usages are opposite in the following cases.

1. When the speaker comes to the listener, you use いきます (IKIMASU “to go”) in Japanese.
2. When other people come to the listener, you use いきます (IKIMASU “to go”) in Japanese, however, you may use きます (KIMASU “to come”) as well.
3. When the speaker or the listener comes to interesting places, you use きます (KIMASU “to come”) in Japanese.
   

Confusing?

Question:
When your Japanese friend invites you to a party at his/her house, s/he would say パーティーにきませんか (PAATII NI KIMASEN KA. “Would you like to come to a party?”) What would your response be? Would it be はい　きます (HAI, KIMASU “Yes, I am coming.”) or はい　いきます (HAI, IKIMASU “Yes, I am going.”).

The work they have for the weekend is a homework assignment and to get ready for their verbal test on Wednesday.

Have a wonderful weekend!


Answer:
The correct response should be はい　いきます (HAI IKIMASU “Yes, I am going.”) because you (=speaker) comes to your friend (=listener).

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