How to write "I'm going to sleep tomorrow"?


I'm supposed to write "I'm going to sleep tomorrow" using romaji.

Would the romaji be

> watashi wa ashita neru e iku n desu

because

  * "I'm" is the subject which is "watashi wa"
  * the time is "ashita" which is "tomorrow" and comes after the "watashi wa"
  * "sleep" is "neru" 
  * I'm using the particle "e" for direction, and 
  * "iku" is "to go". 

For conversational Japanese, I need to add "n desu" for the sentence.

Would that be correct or am I missing something?




There are several issues with the translation you're suggesting there.

Let's start with the English sentence:

> I am going to sleep tomorrow.

The way you've parsed it to translate "going to" is taken to mean the motion
verb "to go". But is sleep a place that you are going to?

Unless, this is some really poetic English, I think less colloquially what you
are saying is either:

> I will sleep tomorrow [interpreting go as the future tense]

in which case the translation I would go with with is ...

[わたし]{watashi}[は]{wa}[明日]{ashita}[寝]{ne}[る]{ru}.

OR

> I plan to sleep tomorrow [interpreting go as a volitional construction]

in which case I would say

[わたし]{watashi}[は]{wa}[明日]{ashita}[寝]{ne}[る]{ru}[つもり]{tsumori}[です]{desu}.

* * *

Regarding the statement

> For conversational Japanese, I need to add n desu for the sentence.

I am not sure where you are getting that rule, but at least for me (as a non-
native speaker of Japanese), there are only a limited number of types of
conversations where I would end sentences with [んです]{ndesu}.

* * *

One further place where I could be misunderstanding you which would affect the
translation. Do you mean "I am going to sleep **all-day** tomorrow" or simply
that your plans for tomorrow include sleep?




There are several issues with the translation you're suggesting there.

Let's start with the English sentence:

> I am going to sleep tomorrow.

The way you've parsed it to translate "going to" is taken to mean the motion
verb "to go". But is sleep a place that you are going to?

Unless, this is some really poetic English, I think less colloquially what you
are saying is either:

> I will sleep tomorrow [interpreting go as the future tense]

in which case the translation I would go with with is ...

[わたし]{watashi}[は]{wa}[明日]{ashita}[寝]{ne}[る]{ru}.

OR

> I plan to sleep tomorrow [interpreting go as a volitional construction]

in which case I would say

[わたし]{watashi}[は]{wa}[明日]{ashita}[寝]{ne}[る]{ru}[つもり]{tsumori}[です]{desu}.

* * *

Regarding the statement

> For conversational Japanese, I need to add n desu for the sentence.

I am not sure where you are getting that rule, but at least for me (as a non-
native speaker of Japanese), there are only a limited number of types of
conversations where I would end sentences with [んです]{ndesu}.

* * *

One further place where I could be misunderstanding you which would affect the
translation. Do you mean "I am going to sleep **all-day** tomorrow" or simply
that your plans for tomorrow include sleep?

