kuy Registered Joined 7 Apr 2015 Messages 6 Reaction score 0 20 Apr 2015 #1 So in a lesson in my book i have following sentence: 学校まで 何で 行きますか? why do they use まで and not に or へ? And this sentence should mean "how many minutes ago did the car leave the company?" 車は 何分まえに かいしゃを でましたか? is it correct? thanks in advance kuy
So in a lesson in my book i have following sentence: 学校まで 何で 行きますか? why do they use まで and not に or へ? And this sentence should mean "how many minutes ago did the car leave the company?" 車は 何分まえに かいしゃを でましたか? is it correct? thanks in advance kuy
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 20 Apr 2015 #2 kuy said: So in a lesson in my book i have following sentence: 学校まで 何で 行きますか? why do they use まで and not に or へ? Click to expand... まで indicates the destination; not only "temporal"(i.e. "until") but also "spatial." kuy said: And this sentence should mean "how many minutes ago did the car leave the company?" 車は 何分まえに かいしゃを でましたか? is it correct? Click to expand... Yes, your translation is correct.
kuy said: So in a lesson in my book i have following sentence: 学校まで 何で 行きますか? why do they use まで and not に or へ? Click to expand... まで indicates the destination; not only "temporal"(i.e. "until") but also "spatial." kuy said: And this sentence should mean "how many minutes ago did the car leave the company?" 車は 何分まえに かいしゃを でましたか? is it correct? Click to expand... Yes, your translation is correct.
kuy Registered Joined 7 Apr 2015 Messages 6 Reaction score 0 20 Apr 2015 Thread starter #3 so i use まで if i have concrete destination i want to go? would the meaning change if i used に instead?
so i use まで if i have concrete destination i want to go? would the meaning change if i used に instead?
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 21 Apr 2015 #4 There is no problem with 学校に/へ何で行きますか?
