How to Say “I arrived in / at _ .” in Japanese

by Tomoyuki Higuchi

How do you say “I arrived at the airport.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I arrived in / at _ .

_ に着いたよ。

　_ ni tsuitayo

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

_ に着きました。

　_ ni tsukimashita

When you want to say “I arrived in / at _ .”, put the place where you are just before “に ni”.

For example, if you want to say “I arrived at the airport.”, you can say like this :

空港に着いたよ。

　kuukouni tsuitayo

Or politely :

空港に着きました。

　kuukouni tsukimashita

Related

Buildings and Places in Japanese

• I arrived　＝　わたしは着いた　watashiwa tsuita
• in …　＝　… に　… ni
• at …　＝　… に　… ni

We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.