Is my usage of には correct here?

WonkoTheSane · 4 Oct 2015

I'm not sure if I formed this correctly, I was trying to say:

When I lived in Yokohama I went to a Tai Chi class in Yokohama Chinatown every week.

横浜に住んだときには毎日横浜中華街で太極拳のクラツに行きました。

Ack... I meant to say every week. Well, presumably my friend now thinks I'm a Tai Chi aficionado.

I felt reasonably sure of everything except には (I considered のは first). If I had the vocabulary I probably should have used something like 出席しました, I think the 行きました in there is probably not smooth, even if it's grammatically correct.

Questions:
1. Does the sentence make sense?
2. Is には correct there?
3. Is there a better way to express 'weekly class' and other recurring activities?

Thanks!

Majestic · 4 Oct 2015

1. Its understandable.
2. You don't need it - you've already stated the "when" by using とき. I think it also sounds better if you use past progressive 横浜に住んでいたとき
3. 毎週 is fine. (Yes, with a daily class you would be a Tai Chi expert by now!)
4. クラツ → クラス

mdchachi · 4 Oct 2015

It's understandable. I think it would be better to put a comma after ときor just に by itself. As for verbs, I'd probably use 通う. The biggest mistake is using クラツ for class. Should be クラス. I'd probably use 教室. Or maybe 道場 would be appropriate for Tai Chi, I don't know.

Toritoribe · 4 Oct 2015

2)
Incidentally, には works as a contrastive marker, therefore it has a nuance that you went to a different class or didn't go to a Tai Chi class every week(maybe everyday or maybe every month) in another place.

In conclusion, 横浜に住んでいたとき、中華街の/にある太極拳教室に毎週通っていました。 would be the best.

WonkoTheSane · 4 Oct 2015

Thank you all very much!

Majestic said:
3. 毎週 is fine. (Yes, with a daily class you would be a Tai Chi expert by now!)

Or at least I'd remember how often I attend.

mdchachi said:
The biggest mistake is using クラツ for class. Should be クラス.

Thanks, I've been making that mistake for a while now, it seems! :banghead:

Toritoribe said:
Incidentally, には works as a contrastive marker, therefore it has a nuance that you went to a different class or didn't go to a Tai Chi class every week(maybe everyday or maybe every month) in another place.

Reading that I'm kicking myself a bit because I specifically remember now @Mike Cash saying that as well in another thread I read.

So would 「会社に毎日行きます。そして、公園には週末行きます」work?

Toritoribe said:
In conclusion, 横浜に住んでいたとき、中華街の/にある太極拳教室に毎週通っていました。 would be the best.

For 中華街の/にある太極拳教室 is the difference that with の it is a class provided by 中華街, whereas with に it is a class held at 中華街? So something like 「中華街の妈祖庙寺のある太極拳教室に毎週通っていました。」would work?

Toritoribe · 5 Oct 2015

WonkoTheSane said:
So would 「会社に毎日行きます。そして、公園には週末行きます」work?

Yes. 会社に毎日行きます。そして、公園は週末行きます。 or 会社には毎日行きます。そして、公園には週末行きます。 also work well.

WonkoTheSane said:
For 中華街の/にある太極拳教室 is the difference that with の it is a class provided by 中華街, whereas with に it is a class held at 中華街? So something like 「中華街の妈祖庙寺のある太極拳教室に毎週通っていました。」would work?

I meant 中華街の太極拳教室 or 中華街にある太極拳教室. Sorry for confusing. The meaning is the same. の and にある both indicates the location in this case.
In your example, ある means "a certain"; a certain Tai Chi class in Ma Zhu, Yokohama Chinatown.

WonkoTheSane · 5 Oct 2015

Toritoribe said:
Yes. 会社に毎日行きます。そして、公園は週末行きます。 or 会社には毎日行きます。そして、公園には週末行きます。 also work well.

I meant 中華街の太極拳教室 or 中華街にある太極拳教室. Sorry for confusing. The meaning is the same. の and にある both indicates the location in this case.
In your example, ある means "a certain"; a certain Tai Chi class in Ma Zhu, Yokohama Chinatown.

I understand, thank you!

Is my usage of には correct here?

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