Today I reviewed two topics that I felt I was pretty fuzzy on and wanted to blog about for the sake of notekeeping.
The first is the: General Japanese Sentence Arrangement
| Topic | Frequency | Time | Goal | Verb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 私は | よく | 七時ごろ | うちへ | 帰ります。 |
(Page 93 of Genki 1: Second Edition Textbook)
The second is the use of へ particle and how it can be used where に has been used by myself as a default.
Review: に is used to refer to a goal of movement (location, time).
に is used for days, and time 時 but not for RELATIVE time like ごろ for example.
へ pronounced “e” (not “he”) is used to indicate the goal of movement similar to に.
However, へ can only replace に in use of ACTUAL goal of movement. So it CANNOT be used to indicate time like に can be used.
When in doubt, use に of course, but using へ can help improve fluency with the language.
(Pages 90-92 of Genki 1: Second Edition Textbook)