My friend in Japan says he uses へ when the direction is more vague, like heading "north-ish", but rarely uses it and prefers に

My teacher always emphasized that these two particles are *not* interchangeable. E.g. for locations, he said it works like this: に for specific locations. "学校に行きます --> I will go to school." へ for the general direction of something. "北へ行きます。--> I will go north." He did point out that Japanese people don't really care about that difference and will mix the two particles up all the time, and that there's even a TV show called "学校へ行こう", so we can get away with mixing it up as well. However, since then, the majority of books I've read and teachers I've talked to said that there is no difference, so maybe this grammar rule used to be a thing, but it's no longer taught?

Awesome job condensing all that down, im a big fan of the coloring youve done with the slight bounce added to the text to highlight what you were talking about. Grabs the focus right away! I know and deeply feel the pains it can take to edit like this 😂 お疲れさまでした！

As for に vs へ, it's sort of confusing because I've heard different things from both native and non native speakers I'm pretty sure. Some day the two particles are exactly the same, while others will say that へ implies that you are moving in the direction of said place rather than going there.

"へ" is the correct and formal form in the case of "going 'to' some place". But most Japanese use "に".

This is like the perfect balance between shorts and medium length videos 👌 Thank you so much, this is something I can use right away 😁🙏

in my japanese class we never really have enough time to go through these differences. Thank you so much!! Will be coming back to this for sure in the future haha

Don't know if anyone's mentioned it, but there's a mistake at 1:14. 秋 is where 冬 ought to be.

Amazing explanation in such a short time. Thank you!

MISTAKE at 1:14 - ふゆ kanji should be 冬 Practice these grammar points and more at www.tokiniandy.com ! Your support helps make these videos possible! Thank you! Also, sharing helps me out a lot! So thanks so much if you decide to share with someone you think it will help. =)

directly to the point, I love it

先生ありがとうございました。動画のことは役に立っていきました、すごいビデオに見てていました。学んでいるんだったから、この動画がいいでしたよ My issues are more about grammar rather than particle usages but regardless these are extremely helpful, it fits more into the way my mind organizes information.

You will become a saint eventually! Your mission of systematizing those possibly slightly blurry issues and painlessly putting it inside our brains is definietly hounourable. Thank you for that! Can't wait for your new 2000 kanji series.

Your videos are the most useful thing to ever exist on KZfaq!! Thank you!

these shorts are so great! it feels like a quick upload to my brain xD

I love these short videos about particles 🫶🏻

So much confusion just melted away! Thank you!

This is awesome! Thank you! So easy to understand.

Been subbed since the start of the genki 1 Series Thanks for finishing the book and going even further beyond 😭

This is a pretty nice series. Hopefully you can get to N3 level content soon

the visuals are always so good 😭

thankyou sensei, it's makes more clear for me for the に usage and when to use it

I love this so much and I’m already watching your N3 videos haha

these short form videos are so well made :D

I was confused for a while why I didn't recognize the winter Kanji, but you used the autumn Kanji twice accidentally (I know 3 of them and just learned the spring Radical, so I pay a lot of attention :) ) Nevertheless, great video as always. You really produce great content!

What My teacher told me was へ is used as 'towards' but not as your destiny

Your videos are the best!

These short but content rich videos are amazing

Color scheme on point!!!

Thank you

I love the big font here for the Japanese kanji.

Great job actually! Try making them into KZfaq shorts, Its like a time limit for you to condense and make it simple for understanding it!

The animations are on point

can you explain or do a video about the differences between ごろ and ぐらい？

紙へ書きます Where does it comes from? Didn't find anything on this specific particle usage in this context Could you please share a link on a grammar explanation?

Great video thx!! is it not possible at all to use the に-particle to mark tomorrow? bcs on tae kims guide it says: 親戚は、明日にくる。

Thank you for the helpful summary, but what about には！I'm so confused! 😆

I learnt that へ is used to mark the recipient of an action, as in sending a letter to someone… is it also interchangeable with に? Thank you so much for helping with my understanding of particles!

2:00 Wouldn't a better translation be "I got my Mom to buy me a cake"? When you say "made", it makes it sound like you forced her, but もらった implies that you asked her.

What?! に and へ are interchangeable!!! My world has exploded....

Hi i am watching your genki series and i have a question will i be able to clear N5 after finishing genki part 1?

So the で particle is for stating what someone is doing something somewhere while に particle is stating whether or not something or someone is at a certain place/location/etc? Did I get that right?

I barely speak English properly so Japanese is a no go 😆 but great vid! Loved the thumb and snappy editing is great man.

紙へ書きます is less used than 紙に書きます

I hope You can make Difference Between を、に、で they're a bit confusing

に to/place で action/doing へ we’re foreigners never mind it

I know a japanese song called (tegami aisuru anata e~) Isn't it wrong to use E with something done for or to a person?

What about for the ご(go) particle? when you said 日本に行きます (nihon ni ikimasu) you said you can use niに or heへ but what about goご I was thought that you would say 日本ご行きまづ(nihongo ikimasu) I never actually knew about ni or he particles?

1:10 - then what should we use insted of に in this cases? Just regular は?

The vocabulary in this video is pretty basic, but I was proud of myself for knowing about 90% of the vocab and kanji readings used in the examples. Just a few weeks ago I would have known 0% of them.

How does Okaasani keeki wo katte moratta mean i made my mom buy me a cake? I thought moratta was to recieve. When i read it i get "I let my mom buy cake recieve. I dont see how you got your meaning, i am confused.

What about the に in passive sentences? Like お母さんに怒られる, for example.

You covered で really quickly and the visuals following it made it kinda confusing also. Can you explain one more time and use an example?

I keep forgetting to understand so I’ve rewatched this several times 😄　分かりやすいんだけど*

に is a big jerk and I stand by that. :D

ありがとうございますʕ⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴥ⁠ꈍ⁠ʔ

so ni and he as a location particle has no difference at all?

What if 紙でかきます?

Ni-e-ga I read it too fast

Can you slow down a bit? I have to watch your videos at .75% speed, no joke! 😅

There’s no difference between へ and に… but why would you have two things that mean the same?

Small correction for the example at 2:00 "My mother bought a cake for me" would be the correct translation. "I made my mother buy me a cake" would be more like 「お母さんにケーキを買ってもらわせた」

you words per minute is too fast and so are your illustrations.