Saturday, May 14, 2011

Plase explain to me all the usage of ni, de and to?

Question:


with some examples thanks

Answer:


"Ni" marks places. It shows where you're coming or going. You would put it after the place you're marking.
Watashi wa eki ni ikimasu. = I go to the station (eki means station).
Anata wa gakkou ni ikimasu. = You go to school (gakkou means school).

"De" can be translated as "by means of." For example, if you're traveling, and you would like to say "by car," you would say "kuruma de." It could also be a type of place marker, saying where something takes place. It comes after the place. "Watashi wa resutoran de ban-gohan o tabemasu."
This sentence means "I eat dinner at a restaurant." "Resutoran" means restaurant. At the restaurant, the thing that is going on is the eating of dinner. This is different from "ni" because "ni" is not used when marking what's going on in a certain place.
"Resutoran ni ikimasu" is where ni would be used.

"To" links a list of things together. For example, you could say "banana to budou to ringo" to mean "Bananas and grapes and apples."

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