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    Rhys
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    ビール を のんだら バス で かえります
    If I drink beer I will return by bus.

    So far in textfugu, unless I’ve missed it and just need to be reminded, I havn’t been told anything about what the single で means between the last noun and verb. It looks like a particle.

    I’ve also seen へ seemingly as a particle in the same place but don’t know what that is either.

    All help appreciated.

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    Joel
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    Not sure where you’re up to, but the particle で is covered in season 6.3 – in this context, it means “by means of”.

    But yes, he doesn’t ever seem to introduce the particle へ – at least, not that I’ve been able to find. It’s got a similar meaning to the particle に-as-direction-of-travel, but there’s more emphasis on the travel itself (whereas the emphasis for に is on the destination). It’s something like the difference between “to” and “towards” in English.

    Just to confuse matters, it’s pronounced “e” (not “he”).

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    Rhys
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    Ah sorry forgot to mention im somewhere in season 5.

    Thans for the answer!

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