日本人は 旅行に＿＿＿時 たくさん お土産 を買います。
１・ 行く ２・ 行った
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6Please say which one you think is correct and why. (Also, what do you mean by "subjunctive" in the title? I know about the subjunctive in English, and in some other languages, but I don't understand how it is related to this question.)– Earthliŋ ♦Feb 15, 2017 at 15:07
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These threads might help, too: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24317/… ・ japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2317/9831– chocolate ♦Feb 15, 2017 at 23:56
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日本人は 旅行に「行く」時たくさんおみやげを買います。
Japanese buy lots of souvenirs before going to trip.
日本人は 旅行に「行った」時たくさんおみやげを買います。
Japanese buy lots of souvenirs when they goes to trip.
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The problem im having is.. Why it has be 行った since the sentence is a habitual of thing. That until now is still happening. I translated it as "Japanese people buys a lot of souvenir when they go on travel" which Perfectly to 行く時。it quite strange to use 行った時 since it 時 is not part of Subjunctive Mood. Feb 16, 2017 at 4:26
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If you say just "They goes on a travel", 「彼らは旅行に行く」. But if you say "when they goes on travel", 「彼らが旅行に行った時」. Keyword is "when"– wf9a5m75Feb 16, 2017 at 17:26
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That's my point. If they go ob travel why it has to be past. 行く時 is more seems correct Feb 16, 2017 at 20:46
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Because "they" aren't on the trip when someone talking about "they" ("they" is Japanese people in this topic) at the time.– wf9a5m75Feb 16, 2017 at 22:06
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