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Lesson 4: に
In this lesson, I will teach you how to use particle に.
The Particle に has three main functions.
Function 1: The Place Where Something/Somebody Exists
If you want to express something/somebody exists in somewhere, you should use に.
Topic（Thing） + は + Place + に + あります
Topic（Person） + は + Place + に + います
Example Sentences:
| 私は公園にいます。 I’m in the park. 本は机の上にあります。 The book is on the desk. ぺんはポケットの中にあります。 The pen is in the pocket. 彼は学校にいます。 He is in the school. 彼女はどこにいますか。 Where is she? カギはどこにありますか。 Where is the key? |
Function 2: Time Marker
If you want to express the time when something happens, you can use something below.
Topic + は + Time + に + Verb
Example Sentences:
| 私は三時に出かけます。 I will go out at 3 o’clock. 彼は八時に起きました。 He got up at 8 o’clock. 仕事は木曜日に始まります。 The work will start on Thursday. 彼女は金曜日に戻ります。 She will be back on Friday. 彼らは三月に卒業します。 They will graduate in March. |
Function 3: Destination Marker
If you want to express the destination, you can use something below.
Destination + に + Verb
Example Sentences:
| 東京に行きます。 I’m going to Tokyo. Tōkyō ni ikimasu. 友達の家に遊びに行きます。 I’m going to my friend’s house to hang out. Tomodachi no ie ni asobi ni ikimasu. 学校に来ました。 I came to school. Gakkō ni kimashita. 公園に走ります。 I’m running to the park. Kōen ni hashirimasu. 駅に着きました。 I arrived at the station. Eki ni tsukimashita. |
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I don’t understand what you mean by “へ emphasizes the process of action，while に emphasizes the result of action”. Can you please give an example of when it would be appropriate to use each?
For example,
東京へ行きます。（The listener won’t know the destination, maybe it’s Tokyo, maybe not, only thing the listener knows is that Tokyo is one of the processes)
東京に行きます。（The listener will know that Tokyo is the result, is the destination.）
Thank you!
It’s my pleasure!
Just to clear up on my understanding on note 3:
新宿駅へ行きます。
(Shinjuku station may or may not be the station you’ll be stopping on)
新宿駅に行きます。
(You’ll stop on Shinjuku station)
Is it correct?
Yes, it’s right!
How about when you have an object? Is 「私は三時にアニメを見ます」correct? If not, what’s the formula?
It’s correct!
Don’t we need to add 一緒に if the sentence is “do something WITH somebody”? Because when I google translated 「犬に歩きました 」, it resulted to “I walked to a dog”
Not all words can be used with に to express “do something with somebody”.
in your example, you can use と.
Function 2: Used as time.
私は三時(じ) に出(で) かけます。
I will go out at 3 o’clock.
彼女は八時に出かけません
She doesn’t get out at 8 o’clock
彼は八時に起(お) きました。
He got up at 8 o’clock.
仕事は木曜日に始まります。
The work will start on Thursday.
ゲームは木曜日に始まるのたくない
I don’t want the game to start on thursday.
彼女は金曜に戻もどります。
She will be back on Friday.
ティナとレイフングは木曜日に戻ります
彼ら達は三月さんがつに卒そつ業ぎょうします。
They will graduate in March.
彼女は七月に卒業するの？
Will she graduate in July?
I know that 田中さんに英語を教えます is “I will teach Mr. Tanaka English”, so how do I say “I teach Mr. Tanaka English”?
田中さんに英語を教えています。
ありがとう‼️
Place + に + Things + を + Verb
学校にバスを到着した。
Is this how I say “the bus arrived at the school”?
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Also, Chair is misspelled in function 6
the bus arrived at the school
バスは学校に到着した。
By the way, the mistake is fixed already!
Got it. This course explains everything quite clearly and I really appreciate that. Thank you very much for your effort.