34. Vehicles & Riding
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Vocabulary
train
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
bus
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
car
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
bicycle
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
taxi
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
to ride; to get on
Group 1 verb
The most common verb type. The ending sound changes depending on how you use it — like how 飲む (drink) becomes 飲みます in formal speech.
ticket
Noun
A word for a person, place, thing, or idea.
to forget
Group 2 verb
A simpler verb type that always ends in る. To change the form, just drop the る and add a new ending — like 食べる (eat) becomes 食べます.
Grammar
to; toward (a direction)
Put へ after a place to show the direction you are heading. It is read "e" (not "he") when used this way. It is very similar to に for destinations, but へ focuses more on the direction of travel rather than the arrival point.
Pattern
[place] + へ + [movement verb]
[place] + へ + [movement verb] Examples: 学校へ行く, 日本へ来る
Examples
- へ is written with the "he" character but always read as "e" when showing direction.
- に and へ are mostly interchangeable for destinations, but へ sounds a bit softer and more about the journey.
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