Talking About Your Actions

映画館で何をしますか [eigakan de nani o shimasu ka]
What do you do at the theater?

• 映画館 [eigakan] means "movie theater"
• で [de] is a location particle "at"
• Literally means "Movie theater, at, what do you do?"

You can use various location words instead of 映画館 [eigakan]

• デパートで何をしますか [depa-to de nani o shimasu ka] What do you do at the department store?
• 学校で何をしますか [gakkō de nani o shimasu ka] What do you do at school?
• 図書館で何をしますか [toshokan de nani o shimasu ka] What do you do at the library?

映画館で映画を見ます [eigakan de eiga o mimasu]
I watch movie at the movie theater.

• で [de] is a location particle "at"
• 映画を見ます [eiga o mimasu] means "I watch a movie."
• Literally means "Movie theater, at, I watch a movie"

You can use various location words and different verbs to create multiple sentences.

• デパートで働きます [depa-to de hatarakimasu] I work at a department store.
• 学校で英語を教えます [gakkō de eigo o oshiemasu] I teach English at school.
• 図書館で勉強します [toshokan de benkyōshimasu] I study at the library.

• A: 図書館で何をしますか
  What do you do at the library?
• B: 図書館で勉強します [toshokan de benkyōshimasu]
  I study at the library.
• B: デパートで何をしますか [depa-to de nani o shimasu ka]
  What do you do at the department store?
• A: デパートでショッピングします
  I go shopping at the department store.