〜で(場所)

Formationplace + で + action verb

で marks the setting of an activity: the place you eat, work or play. The contrast with に is worth learning early, because に holds still and で is busy. If the verb involves doing something, its location takes で.

Examples

〜で(場所) is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

1. ベルギーでは何なに語ごを話はなしますか。

   What languages do they speak in Belgium?

2. 二に本ほんの道みちはそこでクロスしている。

   The two roads cross there.

3. 父ちちは家いえでは何なにもしません。

   My father doesn't lift a finger at home.

4. ここで電気でんきスタンドは売うっていますか。

   Do you sell desk lamps here?

5. コンビニでは何なにでも買かえます。

   I am able to buy anything in a convenience store.