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This is the only occasion where "e" and "ni" can be interchanged, so you would never say "Isu '''e''' suwatte imasu." for "I am sitting ''on'' the chair" (Isu '''ni''' suwatte imasu), otherwise you are saying, "I am sitting ''to'' the chair."

This is the only occasion where "e" and "ni" can be interchanged, so you would never say "Isu '''e''' suwatte imasu." for "I am sitting ''on'' the chair" (Isu '''ni''' suwatte imasu), otherwise you are saying, "I am sitting ''to'' the chair."

Another example of the difference between "e" and "ni" is when used with the verb "irassharu" ("to be somewhere,” "to go,” or "to come"). As "ni" always follows the place where a person "exists,” saying "Doko '''ni''' irasshaimasu '''ka'''?" means "Where is he?", but because "e" specifies a destination or direction, saying "Doko '''e''' irasshaimasu '''ka'''?" means "Where are you going?"

Another example of the difference between "e" and "ni" is when used with the verb "irassharu" ("to be somewhere,” "to go,” or "to come"). As "ni" always follows the place where a person "exists,” saying "Doko '''ni''' irasshaimasu '''ka'''?" means "Where are you?", but because "e" specifies a destination or direction, saying "Doko '''e''' irasshaimasu '''ka'''?" means "Where are you going?"

 

It is also used, more frequently in informal letter writing, to indicate to whom something is addressed, much like the English "Dear...". Thus a letter would start, "Tanaka-san '''e'''."

==Ba (ば)==

==Ba (ば)==