Japanese Learning:  Particle “-ni” to mark an object to allocate number, and a Quantifier “kai” to count times

Functions of Particle “-ni”

1. Time of Action

example; Watashi wa Maiasa Roku-ji ni Okimasu. (I get up at six every morning.)

2. Place of Existence

example; Panda wa Ueno Doubutsuen ni Imasu. (A Panda is in Ueno Zoo.)

3. Place where an action is going(getting) to

example; Watashi wa Mainichi Gakkou ni Ikimasu. (I go to school every day.)

4. Object to allocate number

example; Ichinen ni San kai Kuni ni Kaerimasu. (I go to my hometown three times a year.)

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This post was written with reference to the exercise A4 on Section 11 of “Minna no Nihongo” published by “3A Corporation”