How to say "In Japan, I want to ..."?


I want to say

> In Japan, I want to ride a bullet train.

I have

> にほん で ぼく は しんかんせん を のります。

Is 「にほん で」 correct? Should it be 「にほん に」? Or perhaps something else?




> 「にほん で ぼく は しんかんせん を のります。」

is a nice attempt.

I would, however, like to address two items here.

「のります」 simply means " ** _will ride_** ". If you want to say " ** _want to
ride_** ", you might want to say 「のりたいです」.

> 「Verb in Continuative Form + たい」 means "to want to [verb]".

「のり」 is the continuative form of 「のる」.

The next thing I need to point out is the particle choice. We say 「しんかんせん
**に** のる」 and not 「しんかんせん **を** のる」. That is because 「のる」 is an intransitive
verb and thus, it cannot take 「を」.

> is にほん で correct? should it be `にほん に"? Or perhaps something else.

It is correct. You cannot use 「に」 unless the verb is "stative". 「のる / のりたい」 is
not stative.

Stative verbs are 「すむ」(to live), 「いる」(to be),「たいざいする」(to stay), etc. Those
should take 「に」.

Therefore, the correct (by any standard) sentence will be:

> 「にほん **で** ぼく **は** しんかんせん **に** のり **たい** です。」




> 「にほん で ぼく は しんかんせん を のります。」

is a nice attempt.

I would, however, like to address two items here.

「のります」 simply means " ** _will ride_** ". If you want to say " ** _want to
ride_** ", you might want to say 「のりたいです」.

> 「Verb in Continuative Form + たい」 means "to want to [verb]".

「のり」 is the continuative form of 「のる」.

The next thing I need to point out is the particle choice. We say 「しんかんせん
**に** のる」 and not 「しんかんせん **を** のる」. That is because 「のる」 is an intransitive
verb and thus, it cannot take 「を」.

> is にほん で correct? should it be `にほん に"? Or perhaps something else.

It is correct. You cannot use 「に」 unless the verb is "stative". 「のる / のりたい」 is
not stative.

Stative verbs are 「すむ」(to live), 「いる」(to be),「たいざいする」(to stay), etc. Those
should take 「に」.

Therefore, the correct (by any standard) sentence will be:

> 「にほん **で** ぼく **は** しんかんせん **に** のり **たい** です。」

