Do you like to trip?

In one of my classes today we talked about our Golden Week. One student said she tripped to Korea. That sounds dangerous doesn't it? Trip has a couple of meanings.

First, the noun form (名詞) of trip means going somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again. When you use trip in a sentence, you will mostly likely need a verb set. For example,
I take a trip twice a year.
I went to space AlC and found this following sample sentence:
Have a great trip: 良い旅を

Another common usage of trip is the verb form (動詞) with the following meaning: to lose your balance after knocking your foot against something when you are walking or running, or to cause someone to do this. Here is a sample sentence:
I tripped over a stone and fell down: 私は石につまずいて転倒しました.
Note the noun form can also be used. She broke her leg when she had a nasty trip on the stairs.

So next time you travel somewhere be sure to say take a trip or go on a trip and don't trip over this grammar point.