Particle Course

Teacher

Marshall

Case particle 5：へ

In this lesson, I will teach you how to use the particle へ.

Function 1: the destination or direction of moving

If you want to express the destination or direction of moving, you can use something like below.

Destination or Direction + へ + Verb

Examples:

私わたしは国くにへ帰かえった。
I was back to the motherland.

飛ひ行こう機きが南みなみへ飛とんでいきます。
The plane will fly to the south.

彼かれは学校がっこうへ行いきました。
He went to school.

Notes:

①Both へ and に has the function of telling us the destination of action，They are interchangeable most of the time.(But young people use に more and the old use へ more.)
②へ emphasizes the direction while に emphasizes point of destination.

Function 2: the object of action

If you want to express the object of action, you can use something like below.

object + へ + Verb
object + へ + の + Noun

Examples:

友達ともだちへ手て紙がみを書かく。
I write letters to friends.

友達ともだちへの手て紙がみはなくなりました。
I lost the letter to my friend.

Notes:

①Both へ and に has the function of telling us the object of action，but へ emphasizes the process of action，while に emphasizes the result of action.
②If you want to express something like “A letter to a friend”, you can only say “友達ともだちへの手て紙がみ“, you can’t say “友達ともだちにの手て紙がみ“.

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