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    I can’t seem to remember the grammatical function of this particle can anyone tell me what ヘ is doing in this sentence.

    わたし は とうきょう へ いったら、でんしゃ で いきます (If I go to Tokyo, I’ll go by train)

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    thisiskyle
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    It’s the “to” in “go to Tokyo”.

    #46151

    So then it’s interchangeable with ニ?

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    Joel
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    へ puts more emphasis on the travel itself, whereas に puts more emphasis on the destination. Kinda like the difference between “going towards Tokyo” and “going to Tokyo” in English.

    Also, just to make things confusing, へ is pronounced the same as え when it’s functioning as a particle.

    #46161

    Thank you for explaining it to me. :) ありがとう、わかりました。

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