I go to school.

This lesson is about direction verbs. For our purposes, a direction verb is one that indicates movement to or from somewhere. In example: I go to the store. In other words, you are moving from somewhere to the store. In order to say "to the store" you have to use the particle ni or e. Ni and e mean 'to' when they come before a direction verb. (Note that the particle e is only pronounced as e; it is spelled with the character he.)
Examples: ikimasu kimasu kaerimasu	to go to come to return home
The sentence pattern for direction verbs is as follows: location e/ni direction verb :=: direction verb to location
Examples: Gakkou ni ikimasu. Mise ni ikimasu. Daidokoro ni ikimasu. Paati ni kimasu. Gakkou ni kimasu ka. Hai gakkou ni ikimasu. Iie, gakkou ni ikimasen.	Go to school. Go to the store. Go to the kitchen. Come to the party. Will you come to school? Yes, I'll go to school. No, I won't go to school.
It should be remembered that the response to "will you come?" should be "I will go." or "I won't go." because the two people speaking are assumed to be in different locations. One can then add time to indicate when one will go or come. This is generally more useful information that "I will go." Recall that the basic Japanese sentence structure is TTOPV. This stands for Topic/Time Object Place Verb. Our sentences will use T/TPV as there is no object in these sentences. Examples: Kyou, watashi wa gakkou ni ikimasu. Today I will go to school. Watashi wa gakkou ni ikimasen. I won't go to school. Ashita, watashi no paati ni kimasu ka. Will you come to my party tomorrow? Hai, ikimasu. Yes, I'll go. Konya, mise ni ikimasu ka. Will you go to the store tonight? Hai, mise ni ikimasu. Yes, I'll go to the store.
Note that the above examples are all in future tense in English. In Japanese, there is no difference between future tense and present tense.
Vocabulary: ikimasu kimasu kaerimasu kyou ashita konya gakkou mise paati daidokoro uchi ni (h)e	to go to come to return home today tomorrow tonight school store/shop party kitchen house particle that means 'to' particle that means 'to'