watashitachi wa bouringujou ni iku.

We go to the bowling alley.

Breakdown of watashitachi wa bouringujou ni iku.

• は: topic particle
• に: destination particle
• 行いく: to go
• 私わたしたち: we

Questions & Answers about watashitachi wa bouringujou ni iku.

Why is は pronounced wa here instead of ha?

When は is used as the topic particle, it is pronounced wa, not ha.

So in:

私たちはボウリング場に行く。

the は marks 私たち as the topic of the sentence, and you read it as watashitachi wa.

If は were part of a normal word, it would usually be pronounced ha.

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What does the particle は do in this sentence?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Here, 私たち means we, and は tells you that the sentence is about us / we.

So the structure is roughly:

• 私たち = we
• は = as for / speaking of

A very literal feel is:

As for us, ...

Then the rest of the sentence tells what is true about that topic:

ボウリング場に行く = go to the bowling alley

So the full sentence feels like:

As for us, we go / will go to the bowling alley.

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Why is に used after ボウリング場?