に: time / destination particle is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Marks a point in time, or the destination of movement. Structure: [Heure] に … ／ [Lieu] に 行きます. This page explains the construction, gives Japanese examples with furigana readings, and links to related grammar points at this level.
に: time / destination particle
Structure
[Heure] に … ／ [Lieu] に 行きます
Explanation
に has two core N5 uses: (1) a specific point in time: clock times, days, dates (“at 7”); (2) the destination of a movement verb (“go to school”). Vague times like “today” take no particle.
Examples
七時に おきます。
I get up at seven o'clock.
学校に 行きます。
I go to school.
Quiz preview
まいあさ 七時＿＿おきます。
- に ✓
- を
- で
- へ
に marks a point in time with a clock hour: “at seven o’clock.”
つくえの 上＿＿ ねこが います。
- に ✓
- で
- を
- へ
With います/あります, に marks where something exists: “on the desk”.
More N5 grammar points
は: topic particleの: possessive / linking particleを: object particleが: subject particleで: place of action / means〜たい: wanting to do〜てください: please do…あります / います: existence〜ましょう: let'sも (“also / too”)と (“and / with”)へ: direction particleか: question particleこれ・それ・あれ: this / that〜ないでください: please don't〜がすきです: to likeAのほうがBより: comparison