で Practice One
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you and I still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” – George Bernard
Let’s take a closer look at the で you just learned. I’m going to provide you with prompts. You have to come up with the rest of the sentence. I’ll give you an example answer, but it’s likely not going to be the same as yours (unless we’re creepily similar to each other, but that would be creepy). First, let’s look at an example.
わたし は くるまで
aわたし は くるまで ねました。
I slept in a car.
Now it’s your turn. How can you finish the following sentneces? If you’re not sure, stick your answers into Lang-8 and get them checked by native Japanese speakers.
レストランで
aレストランで ハンバーガー を たべました。
At the restaurant I ate a hamburger.
すしやで
aすしやで すし を たくさん たべた。
At the sushi restaurant I ate a lot of sushi.
だいがくで
aだいがくで すうがく を べんきょうした。
At college I studied math.
キッチンで
aキッチンで 本 を よんだ。
In the kitchen I read a book.
日本で
a日本で すし を たべた。
In Japan, I ate sushi.
アメリカで
aアメリカで ロデオ に 行った。
In America I went to a rodeo.
フランスで
aフランスで 有名な ワイン を のむ つもりだ。
In France I plan to drink famous wine.
How did you do? Hopefully it was fairly simple to come up with LOCATIONで sentences. We’ll come back around to this in the practice, but for now I want you to move on to the next form of で. It’s similar to this one (all of the で particles have some similarity to this one) so it should only be a little step up for you!