JLPT N5 grammar · Chapter 5

と (with)

Doing something together with someone

You’ll be able to say who you did something with when describing shared activities.

Read it first

友達ともだちと映画えいがを見みます。

tomodachi to eiga o mimasu.

What do you think this sentence means?

I watch a movie with a friend.

Why it means that

Say who joins you in an activity

Use と after a person to mean that you do an action together “with” that person.

Example

家族かぞくと晩ばんご飯はんを食たべます。

kazoku to bangohan o tabemasu.

I eat dinner with my family.

How it is built

Put と after the person who accompanies you.

Person+と+Verb

Examples

母ははと買かい物ものに行いきます。

haha to kaimono ni ikimasu.

I go shopping with my mother.

友達ともだちと昼ひるご飯はんを食たべました。

tomodachi to hirugohan o tabemashita.

I ate lunch with a friend.

弟おとうととゲームをします。

otouto to geemu o shimasu.

I play games with my younger brother.

Examples

父ちちと朝あさご飯ごはんを食べたべます。

chichi to asagohan o tabemasu.

I eat breakfast with my father.

姉あねとテレビを見みます。

ane to terebi o mimasu.

I watch TV with my older sister.

兄あにと公園こうえんでサッカーをします。

ani to kouen de sakkaa o shimasu.

I play soccer in the park with my older brother.

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