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When you head to school with your backpack, you can say where you are going. Look at the picture: the arrow points toward the school.

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Lesson notes · ≈ JLPT N5 · Beginner 1

〜へ行きます~ e ikimasu

direction or destination

Use 「〜へ行きます」 to say where someone is heading; へ is pronounced e.

How it works

  1. When you head to school with your backpack, you can say where you are going. Look at the picture: the arrow points toward the school.

    When you head to school with your backpack, you can say where you are going. Look at the picture: the arrow points toward the school.

  2. 「へ」 marks the direction or destination of movement. In the picture, the school is where the student is heading.

    「へ」 marks the direction or destination of movement. In the picture, the school is where the student is heading.

  3. Say the place first, then add 「へ」: 学校へ, 会社へ. Put the place before 「へ」.

    Say the place first, then add 「へ」: 学校へ, 会社へ. Put the place before 「へ」.

  4. 「へ」 often goes with movement verbs such as 「行きます」 to show where someone is heading.

    「へ」 often goes with movement verbs such as 「行きます」 to show where someone is heading.

  5. The particle 「へ」 is written 「へ」 but pronounced 「え」. Keep this sound in mind when reading the examples.

    The particle 「へ」 is written 「へ」 but pronounced 「え」. Keep this sound in mind when reading the examples.

  6. If you do not know where someone is going, ask about their destination with 「どこへ行きますか」.

If you do not know where someone is going, ask about their destination with 「どこへ行きますか」.

  • To answer, replace 「どこ」 with a place. 「公園へ行きます」 means “I am going to the park.”

    To answer, replace 「どこ」 with a place. 「公園へ行きます」 means “I am going to the park.”

    • Example sentences

    • 学校がっこうgakkouへえe行きますいきますikimasu

      I'm going to school.

    • 会社かいしゃkaishaへえe行きます。いきますikimasu

      I'm going to the office.

    In a conversation

    • A
      あした、あしたどこへえ行きますいきますか。か

      A: Where are you going tomorrow?

    • B
      公園こうえんへえ行きます。いきます

      B: I'm going to the park.

    • A
      午後ごごも、も公園こうえんへえ行きますいきますか。か

      A: Are you going to the park in the afternoon too?

    Check yourself

    1. Level 1 · Recognise

      Which sentence is correct?

    2. Level 1 · Recognise

      Listen and choose the meaning

    3. Level 2 · Build

      Put the words in order

      I will go to school tomorrow.

    4. Level 3 · Use

      What goes in the blank?

      あした、 行きます。

      I'll go to school tomorrow.

    More grammar in this theme

    • 〜時〜分tell the clock time
    • 〜から〜までですtime range: from ... to ...
    • 何曜日ですかask the day of the week
    • 〜ますpolite future plan
    • 〜へ行きますdirection or destination
    • 〜で〜ますplace where action happens
    • 〜時から〜時まで〜ますdaily routine and time span
    • 〜や〜などexamples among several items
    • 〜時にtime when action happens
    • 何も〜ません／どこへも〜ませんtotal negation: nothing, nowhere
    Previous〜ますNext〜で〜ます

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