A sentential particle that can indicate the location of an event, or a means, material, cause or necessity.
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particle で versus particle と
I have found this sentence:
"Kazoku de dekakeru".
Why is the particle で used instead of と?
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Particles: に vs. で
I have progressed pretty far in Japanese, but when I construct Japanese sentences, I still get these two particles mixed up. For example, when talking about being inside something, I don't know when ...
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Correct usage of [verb stem] + に + [another verb]
I'm a little unclear on the use a verb stem, followed by に and another verb.
Take these two examples:
特別なビザをもらって行った
特別なビザをもらいに行った
I think the first means "I went with a special visa", but ...
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What's the difference between に and で when speaking of time of an action?
What's the difference between に and で when speaking of the time of an action? I know に is very specific about time, but I'm not sure when, or how to use で. Can で only be used in certain instances?
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に and で revisited
Consider the statement A: ホテル（に/で）泊まる. For both cases would translate to "I stay at a hotel" in English. However they are answers to different questions.
Consider the questions １．どこに泊まる and ...
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Why is 一緒に correct and 一緒で incorrect?
This is a mistake I habitually make, even though I know what the right form is.
Earlier tonight, I sent a mail to my friend to say:
一緒で行こう！ 【いっしょで いこう】 (Let's go together!)
My friend sent back ...
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に vs で again: 前に vs 後で
Following the current trend of pitting the particles に and で against each other, here is another question that does the same but from another type of usage and perspective.
When we want to say "do X ...
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Using で instead of に with いる
The example sentence in Why is も used instead of が in the sentence 「日本ではクモを見ると良いことがあると言う人もいますよ」,
日本ではクモを見ると良いことがあると言う人もいますよ
got me thinking "Why is it using で, not に?". I.e., why not
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How should I view でより and でのより?
My basic understanding of より to compare things or ending letters, is failing me when there's a で or での in front of it.
As I write this, I'm wondering, can read でより as "with, more", "in, more"?
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に vs で with state of being (but no verb)
All the に vs で comparisons I can find discuss using them with verbs. However I recently wanted to say something like "I am alone at home", and phrased it without a verb:
家で一人です
But that got me ...
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Particles で and も and でも
In both these sentences, what does でも mean? (I think I know the meaning of the sentences, just not the particles)
カードでもいいですか。
なごやでもうっていますか。
I know that で is a particle that can denote location or ...
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The uses & etymology of で
In Japanese, the particle で seems to have multiple uses:
Instrumental: 車{くるま}で大阪{おおさか}に行{い}った。 "I went to Osaka by car."
Locative: 図書館{としょかん}で数学{すうがく}を勉強{べんきょう}している。 "I'm studying math in the ...
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Combining に/で particles with 等【など】(or other “etc.” stand-ins)
I was recently trying to make an open-ended enumeration of places in a construction that would require the use of a に particle. E.g.:
AやBに行こう
or even:
A[and the like]に行こう
Preferably using ...
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In this location context how are に, で and にて different?
I still have trouble with how に and で differ when dealing with locations, and I just stumbled across にて. Are these all interchangeable? How are they different?
オンラインマーケットにて販売開始しました。
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Can particle と and で both mean with? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
particle で versus particle と
For example:
今晩家族*で*レストランに行きます。(Konban kazoku de resutoran ni ikimasu)
Tonight, I will go to the restaurant with my family.
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