"I get on the train."
Translation:電車に乗ります。
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Is the verb really the same? Is there no way to say I got on the train, but then did not ride it?
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But this really can mean walk up the little steps onto the train, rather than only be on it while it is in motion?
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Yes but according to my Japanese teacher (who was from Tokyo) this is how you would say it in practice.
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It might in Japanese but it most definitely does not in English. Saying i get on the train implies there is more information to follow. I get the train means I travel in or by train. If someone told me they get on the train every day i would ask, Why?
Two verbs in one sentence? You're a madman! Duolingo still hasnt taught a sentence as simple as "I like to eat rice." Hopefully soon, though I've been doing some outside research and it doesn't seem too bad. Gotta learn to conjugate at some point...
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One way to pass that mission is to jump into the train, leave Smoke behind, and shoot them yourself xD
Hello all! Before reporting, please double-check that you haven't made this common mistake in your verb:
INCORRECT: 乗ます (missing り!!)
CORRECT: 乗ります
Yes. 乗る is the verb for to take, board, ride (transportation), get on, and about fifty other things. It's kind of like "take" in English, honestly, which also has a huge number of uses.
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With 電車に乗ります, the hidden implied topic (and subject) of the sentence is us:
(私は)(私が)電車に乗ります - (As for me), (I) will get on/ride/take the train.
If you do 電車には(私が)乗ります, then you make the target that you're getting on - the train - into the topic (though the subject remains about us). And it might come out like:
As for the train, (I) will get on it.
So as you can see, the overall meaning of the sentence doesn't really change. The information you're communicating is still about you getting on the train.
But the emphasis changes and that can change which context it's more appropriate for.
Doesn't that mean "I'm riding the train."? How would I describe the process of stepping onto the train?
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でんしゃに はいります
By the way, compartment is 車両（しゃりょう）
There can be variants like
電車の中（なか）に入ります go inside the train
電車の車両に入ります go in the train compartment
What if you were saying you yake a train to work? Would you use に twice? For example: 会社に電車に乗ります? Or would a different particle be used?
If I may - why in the heck is it, "I get on da train" when, using English grammar, I don't think that makes sense? But regardless, I am all for funny sentences...