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"I write a letter to my friend."
Translation:友だちにてがみを書きます。
July 9, 2017
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Generally に indicates that there is a motion towards the noun before it. So in this case, the letter is send towards your friend. With ある and いる you also use に, but then に just specifies the location. You can think of it as an excepion (though I think I read that there is a deeper reason for it, but I can't remember it). There are more verbs that take different particles than for example in English, so you should just learn these.
に can also used to specify time (九時に = at 9 o' clock). You don't use に with relative times, such as tomorrow, yesterday etc.