Questions tagged [に-and-で]
「に」と「で」. How to distinguish between the particles に and で.
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Which verb fits in 庭に木をもう一本＿？
There is a closed-ended question in Nihongo so-matome:
庭に木をもう一本＿
１）植えました
２）切りました
The book says the answer is 植えました. What makes this answer the correct one? Doesn't 切る fit here too? The only thing ...
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What does 「で」mean in 「試合で 失敗しました」? Why not use 「に」?
I just did the listening Mondai 2 for Lesson 33 of Minna No Nihongo 2 (the older ver.).
And in question 5, it says「山田君は 今の試合で 失敗しましたが、次の試合で 頑張ります。」
I've learned that you use 「に」before 「失敗する」, and I ...
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Usage of に or で in the following sentence
I have a doubt regarding the use of で and に in the following sentences:
私は車の中に座っている
私は車の中で座っている
As per me, I think で should be used as, the person is sitting inside the car (i.e. an action is being ...
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What is the difference between ところに/へ and ところで?
This website explains that:
「～ところへ／に」は、ある段階における状況を変化させるような出来事が起こることを表すと説明した方がいい。
to indicate event that will change the situation in certain stage
(this is my own translation (it might be incorrect))
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紙に書きます or 紙で書きます – which is correct?
Why is the sentence 「紙で書きます」 not correct?
Is it not the case that the 紙 is where the writing action takes place?
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Particulars of 『に』 and 『で』 in this context [duplicate]
I'm learning from Genki 1 right now, and working my way through the workbook.
The sentence I'm confused about is this:
『私は図書館の前でロバートさんを待ちました。』
I'm already aware of the usage pattern of 『に』 with 『...
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Is there a difference in using で and に in these two example sentences?
逃げる以外に方法がない。
逃げる以外で方法がない。
I know the sentence means roughly 'There is no other way except to run away' (per this site; https://www.japaneseforbeginners.info/2016/07/igai.html), but I don't ...
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Why is に marking time and not で？
As I have learned, the に particle is marking the target of the verb. And it make sense for most cases I have seen except for time. How exactly can time be the target of any verb? Wouldn't it make more ...
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Why is に used in that sentence? [duplicate]
でもほんとに、エピソード21には涙が出るほど笑ったよ。
For some reason I feel like it would be better without the に (in bold) but I can't explain why.
Another person said that で would be better but I think that it changes the ...
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The difference between に and で when focusing on location vs. action
Consider these sentences (scenario 1):
（私は）公園に花を植える。(I) plant flowers IN the park. (focus on the park)
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（私は）公園で花を植える。(I) PLANT flowers in the park. (focus on planting)
First of all, I would ...
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What does '家に、とてもおしゃべりですが、学校に、ぜんぜん話しません' translate to?
I'm trying to translate the sentence 'at home, she's very talkative but at school, she never talks/is very shy' roughly into Japanese. Does '家に、とてもおしゃべりですが、学校に、ぜんぜん話しません' make sense? If not, how ...
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The use of で and に with 座る
I came across this example in Genki I
.....まどの近くに座っています
And I was wondering about the use of に here and if we can replace it with で to make
......まどの近くで座っています
Is it correct? Please explain ...
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when to use 〜の中で、中には
I think I answered this question for myself while writing it, but maybe someone can confirm: When to use 「の中で」 versus 「の中には」or something similar to mean "among X"?
For example, I pulled this ...
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Why is で used instead of に alongside ある？
I am wondering as to why で was used after 間 instead of に as I would expect because it is talking about popularity being present. What is the general definition for this usage of で？
そのホテルは安くて清潔なので、...
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Difference between では and には when the final verb is still ある?
So I was under the impression that で/に mostly depends on the final verb of the phrase, and that いる/ある requires に because it doesn't signify an action happening at a location.
Tobira's 10th chapter ...
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use of に or で for 寄ってください as a location particle
As far as I can understand about location に indicates a location where something exists (as in ここに いる), but some verbs use it like つとめる
and で the location on which an action takes place ( as in ...
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に vs で: 映画に見る vs 映画で見る
Branching off from the comments to this question: Do I say えいがにみました or えいがをみました ？:
Preamble:
The comment says 映画に見た is valid for "I saw it in a movie". I went to search for example sentences and ...
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Still trying to get my head around に and で
I've been trying to understand those two particles when applied to these phrases:
私は朝ご飯にお茶を飲みます
私は朝ご飯でお茶を飲みます
私は朝ご飯の時にお茶を飲みます
What I more or less understand is:
the only/...
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に/で as time particles. What's the difference?
I've read a post on this topic, but really not sure of the difference when applied to something like this:
私は朝飯のみに茶を飲む
私は朝飯のみで茶を飲む
From what I read, I'm guessing one of them is incorrect, as に ...
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Is に okay in 「田中さんはビデオゲームに遊んでいます」?
I have a question with the follow sentence:
田中さんはビデオゲームに遊んでいます
Is the particle に okay?
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When to use で vs に vs nothing at all
There are a lot of post that describe the ambiguous scenarios when to use で vs に, but there are still many scenarios that are confusing, and sometimes I'm not sure if I should be using a particle at ...
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後で vs. 前に. Why not the same particle?
Why don't 後で and 前に both use the same particle? (I suppose I would think に would be more appropriate.) They both seem to be the same kind of statement, just with different times (before/after), so I ...
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Particles に, で for temporal vs spatial location
What does it mean to put で after a temporal expression? I was taught that only に should be used for times but I still see sentences with で sometimes.
This is basically my current understanding:
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Strange usage of に particle
I saw an advertisement on the train that said 世界に友達を作りたい... My Japanese friend said that the difference with "世界で友達を作りたい" is that で means like "In the world" whilst に means "all over the world".
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Usage of particles で and に with ~的
A sentence from JapanesePod 101:
北米とヨーロッパでは通常スカートは女性がはくものと思われているが、世界的には多くの男性がスカートをはく。
In North America and Europe a skirt is thought of as something a woman wears, but in many countries men wear ...
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揺れる with に or で
I rarely have any problems with the に and で particles, but I have been a bit confused since seeing the word 揺れる in a few different sentences.
As far as I know it is ok to say either:
旗が風に揺れている
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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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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 ２．（ホテルで）...
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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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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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