へ行(い)くTo go to, To head toward

Structure

Place + へ⁽¹⁾ + 行(い)く

⁽¹⁾ に

Détails

Classe grammaticale
Expression
Type de mot
Verb
Niveau de langue
Standard

À propos de へいく

へ行(い)く is a common construction used when describing a place that someone/something is 'heading'. The particles に and へ are mostly interchangeable, but there is a slight difference in meaning. に has the nuance of 'going to', while へ has the nuance of 'heading to'.

In these examples, while they may seem the same at first glance, へ focuses much more on the journey, while に puts more emphasis on the destination. This is true for other uses of に and へ as well. に will always put more focus on the destination of an action, where へ will put more emphasis on the distance traveled/between the origin and destination.

Antonymes

Exemples

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学校(がっこう)へいく。

Se diriger vers l'école.

駅(えき)へいく

Se diriger vers la gare.

東京(とうきょう)へいく。

Je me dirigerai vers Tokyo.

教室(きょうしつ)へいく。

Je me dirigerai vers la salle de classe.

道(みち)へいきます。

Se diriger vers une route.

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へいく – Discussion Grammaire

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nekoyama
There is a slight difference in nuance in that へ is more about the direction and に is more about the destination. You might see へ e.g. when talking about a bus route in terms of the final destination even though the bus also stops at other locations on the way.

In general usage, に is vastly more popular than へ and it’s almost always a safe choice. Exceptions are mainly certain set phrases that use へ, and when it’s followed by the particle の as in への (there is no にの).
matt_in_mito
@nfive, @nekoyama is absolutely right, but I want to add that when I was learning about this, I asked so many Japanese people what the difference was and most of them didn’t know and used them interchangeably.
Duolingo
I know this topic is very old but @matt_in_mito made the point that I want to ask about.

The grammar point for へ行くsays that ‘he’ and ‘ni’ are interchangeable but they have a different nuance to them.
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 'ni' has the nuance of 'going to' - it focuses on the destination.
 'he' has the nuance of 'heading to'  - it focuses on the distance traveled
```
Then BP follows up with the following two examples to complete their point.
- ジョンは学校がっこうへ行いく。
John is heading to school.
- エルサは病院びょういんに行いく。
Elsa is going to the hospital.

Everything is great up to here. But then the examples for ‘he’ consistently uses it in the ‘to go to’ sense, e.g.,