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- "I get on the train."
"I get on the train."
Translation:電車に乗ります。
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1971
Is the verb really the same? Is there no way to say I got on the train, but then did not ride it?
- 1971
But this really can mean walk up the little steps onto the train, rather than only be on it while it is in motion?
Yes but according to my Japanese teacher (who was from Tokyo) this is how you would say it in practice.
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...
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.
Can we use には instead of に here? What's the difference between these two?
- 490
Doesn't that mean "I'm riding the train."? How would I describe the process of stepping onto the train?
- 618
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
- 19
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?
