You know what? in Japanese

にほんご あのねのねn i h o n g o a n o n e n o n e

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Particle に and へ that indicate destinationsn i e

Particle に and へ that indicates destinationsn i e

There are two particles, に and へ, and both indicates n i e

destinations or terminating points.!

The most simple Japanese verb that takes these particles is いきます, to go.

i k i m a s u

!

Now, let me explain the difference between these two particles.

There’s a young couple having argue each other.

Then the guy decides to leave the room in order to calm himself down to somewhere,,,

The lady is a little anxious wondering where the guy went to,,,

？

？？

In this stage she doesn’t know where exactly he goes to, in other word, she even doesn’t know

which direction he is heading to.

？direction

？？

どこdok o

direction

direction

かれは どこへ いったんだろう？k a r e w a d o k o e i t t a n d a r o u

？ へ

へへ？

？

どこdok o

In a couple of hours the guy came back.

ただいま。t a d a i m a

Now, she wants to know exactly the guy went to.

どこdo k o

？

？？

pin point

pin point

pin point

どこに いっていたの？d o k o n i i t t e i t a n o

どこdo k o

？ に

にに？

？