I need help with an example sentence


I'm trying to play around with words I know already to form simple sentences
and I thought of making short sentences using the verbs 行きます and 前記{ぜんき} (it
should mean "said"; I only use Google translate, because that's the only
translator I could use for Japanese. Suggestions on a better one will be
appreciated.)

So, here's my example sentence in English:

> And he said, 'Do I go to the store?'  
>  I said 'Yes.' He went.

Here's what I written in Japanese:

> と 彼は 前記 「私は みせ へ 行きます か。」  
>  私 前記「はい。」彼 行きました。

Is this correct?

If you type using Kanji in your answer, please show Hiragana next to it in
parenthesis, too. (I do not know a lot of Kanji yet.)




There are a few things I must point out that are probably the fault of Google
Translate:

“And” as in “and he said…” is a conjunction in English, which should be
translated to something like 後{あと}で or そして. The particle と is solely for
nouns, as in 犬{いぬ}と猫{ねこ} “dogs and cats.”

前記 means said as in aforementioned, not “did say”

> The said company has gone bankrupt. (The aforementioned company has gone
> bankrupt).

Now to the grammar point you need to know: verbs come at the end of the
clause, and when we say someone says or thinks something, we need the quoting
particle と (not the “and” と)

So, the correct sentence for you English would be as follows:

> そして、彼{かれ}は「(私{わたし}は)店{みせ}へ行{い}きますか」と言{い}った。

> 私{わたし}は「はい」と(言{い}った)。彼{かれ}が行{い}きました。

The parts in brackets are the parts that can be omitted in speech, but are
needed for complete and grammatical Japanese. Note that I used 言{い}った, which
is タメ語(non honorific) for 言{い}いました. If you are just beginning, you will learn
the latter first.

