eigakan ni hairu mae ni, sumaho o muon ni shimasu.

destination particle

Breakdown of eigakan ni hairu mae ni, sumaho o muon ni shimasu.

• を: direct object particle
• に: time particle
• スマホ: smartphone

Questions & Answers about eigakan ni hairu mae ni, sumaho o muon ni shimasu.

Why is it 映画館に入る and not 映画館を入る?

Because 入る is an intransitive verb in Japanese.

With 入る, the place you go into is marked with に:

• 部屋に入る = enter the room / go into the room
• 映画館に入る = enter the movie theater

This is different from English, where enter takes a direct object. In Japanese, 入る works more like go into.

If you want a transitive verb meaning put something in, that is 入れる:

• かばんに本を入れる = put a book in the bag

Why is 入る in plain form instead of 入ります before 前?

Because when a verb comes before a noun like 前, Japanese normally uses the plain form.

So:

• 入る前に = before entering
• 食べる前に = before eating
• 寝る前に = before sleeping

Here, 前 is a noun, and 入る is modifying it.

Also, this does not make the whole sentence casual. The main verb is します, which is polite, so the sentence is still polite overall. It is very normal in Japanese for a sentence to be polite at the end, while verbs inside subordinate parts stay in plain form.

What exactly does 前に mean here?