"How do I go to the bank?"
Translation:どうやって銀行まで行きますか？
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に is a directional particle that can be translated as "to" so it should be accepted. Just report it
Does anyone know the purpose of "yatte"? Isn't just "dou" already "how"
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どう means how in general but どうやって is more specific to mean "how to take an action to achieve something."
どう考（かんが）えますか How is it? (or what do you think) but
どうやって考えますか How to think?
I'm with you as a learner so press X to doubt:
I believe with へ you would be asking how to be in the general direction of the bank. Let's say contextually you got into a park that felt kinda like a maze after and hour of talking with friends. And you ask: "Hey, I need to go to the bank, which way to go about it? (へ)"
But here, you're more like asking something of this sort: "Hey, how do I go about until (まで)reaching the bank?"
So instead of getting a reply that says - "just go in that direction へ"
You get - "Ah, you exit that way, then you go two blocks down but make sure not to reach the cafe, turn right after passing the funeral home and make sure you look both ways before crossing the road or you will be visiting it before seeing the bank. Oh the bank should be in your field of vision as you come up that street incline."
I thought the same and as a learner I support your idea. Which is why I want to simplify your answer a little bit, because a few people disliked your sentence (I assume it is just not clear what you said).
へ is a particle for a general direction. But if we use まで we declare a very specific target and therefore we ask for specific direction.
Which is why Mikutard wrote, that asking with へ will get you an answer with a rough direction in contrast to asking with まで (or に as discussed above).
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I don't think so. The specific route is requested through the use of どうやって "How should I do to..." You would use どの方向（ほうこう） if you really want to ask whether it is north, east, south or west.
There is really not a practical difference among まで, へ, に in most of the cases when the particle is paired with a destination and used with 行く/来る/帰る.
まで just seems so strange—as opposed to asking how to go part of the way to the bank?
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Duo, please don't use kana for words we already know the kanji of. It just makes everything more confusing
could someone please explain the sentence? why isn't it simply 銀行にどう行きますか
The correct wording should be: どうやって銀行まで行けますか？
As it stands the meaning is "how can we go to the bank?"
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Is OK but is not necessary to use the potential form. It is stating a general fact of how to go to the bank, and is applicable to everyone.
They should add 'ni' as an available alternative to 'made'. It's a little odd to see a 'made' without a 'kara' in the sentence somewhere.
as far as I know they can be used separately, it just happens that they are very similar and sometimes show up together.
