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How to Say ‘I'd like to go to the airport tomorrow.’ in Japanese

明日、空港まで行きたいんですが。

ashita kuukou made iki tai n desu ga

[ah-shee-tah KOO-koh made ee-KEE tie n dess gah]

🇯🇵 In Japan: Ending on が "but" without finishing the sentence is how customers politely open a request. Staff hear it as "…can you help me?" and start offering options.

Phrase Breakdown

明日、空港まで

ashita kuukou made

tomorrow, to the airport

明日 (ashita) means 'tomorrow'. まで (made) means 'up to' or 'as far as' a place.

Example

明日、駅まで歩きます。

Tomorrow I'll walk to the station.

Words in this phrase

明日

ashita

[ah-shee-tah]

tomorrow

The day after today.

Example

明日のコンサートに行きます。

I am going to tomorrow's concert.

空港

kuukou

[KOO-koh]

airport

A place where planes take off and land.

Example

空港は駅から遠いです。

The airport is far from the station.

まで

made

[made]

until; up to

Shows the end point in a range, such as up to row 5.

Example

一列目から五列目まで空いています。

Rows 1 through 5 are available.

行きたいんですが。

iki tai n desu ga

I'd like to go, but...

行きたい means 'want to go'. Ending with んですが softens the request and invites help. Say 'ikitain desu ga' smoothly.

Example

東京に行きたいんですが。

I'd like to go to Tokyo...

Words in this phrase

行き

iki

[ee-KEE]

go (stem)

Stem form of 行く 'to go', used before ます.

Example

店に行きます。

I go to the restaurant.

たい

tai

[tie]

want to

Added to a verb stem to express the speaker's desire to do something.

Example

前の方の席を予約したいです。

I want to reserve seats toward the front.

ん

[n]

(explanatory n)

Casual form of の; adds a tone of seeking or giving an explanation, often before です.

Example

どうしたんですか。

What happened?

です

desu

[dess]

is; polite copula

A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.

Example

少し伺いたいです。

I would like to ask a little.

が

[gah]

(softening ending)

Ending a sentence with ga softens a request politely.

Example

お願いしたいんですが。

I'd like to ask a favor...

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