[:-xFavarcadex-:] - Because of-By

Recall from Lesson 7 that "I go to the store." is "Watashi wa mise ni ikimasu." This means that "I went to the store." is "Mise ni ikimashita." To add a bit more information to this, we can say how we got to the store. To do this, we need to use the particle de. De roughly means "by means of", "at" or "in" depending upon how it's used. In this lesson, we'll be using the 'by means of' meaning. De is a particle and therefore it follows the term it modifies.
Examples: kuruma de jitensha de basu de densha de	by car by bike by bus by train
Now we can insert these new phrases into our direction sentences.
Examples: (Watashi wa) kuruma de mise ni ikimashita.	I went to the store by car.
Basu de kouen ni ikimasu.	I'll go to the park by bus.
Jitensha de ginkou ni ikimashou.	Let's go to the bank by bicycle.
Watashitachi wa basu de kimashita.	We came by bus.
Lesson 13 Vocabulary: jitensha basu densha mise ginkou watashitachi de	bicycle bus train shop/store bank we/us particle meaning 'by means of'