{"id":136,"date":"2009-10-16T08:37:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=136"},"modified":"2009-10-16T08:37:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T12:37:40","slug":"%e3%81%a7-particle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/%e3%81%a7-particle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3067 Particle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u3067<\/strong> particle indicates where the action takes place. Take a look at this example: \u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093\u3000\u3067<\/strong>\u3000\u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc<\/strong>\u3000\u3092<\/strong>\u3000\u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059<\/strong>. (\u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093<\/strong> = cafe. \u3067<\/strong> = location marking particle ‘de’. \u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc<\/strong> = coffee. \u3092<\/strong> = direct object marking particle ‘wo’. \u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = polite present tense verb ‘drink’.) In English, this sentence would mean, ‘[I] drink coffee at a cafe.’ The \u3067 <\/strong>particle came after the word ‘cafe’. This indicates that the \u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093 <\/strong>or the cafe\u00a0is the location\u00a0where the coffee drinking took place. Here, the \u3067<\/strong> particle can be translated as the English preposition ‘at’.<\/p>\n

However, the \u3067 <\/strong>particle can also be translated as the English preposition ‘in’. Take a look at this sentence: \u308f\u305f\u3057\u3000\u306e\u3000\u3078\u3084\u3000\u3067\u3000\u306d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>. (\u308f\u305f\u3057<\/strong> = I. \u306e<\/strong> = possessive marker. \u3078\u3084<\/strong> = room. \u3067<\/strong> = location marker. \u306d\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = sleep.) In English this sentence can be translated as ‘I sleep in my room’. Since the \u3067 <\/strong>comes after the word for room (\u3078\u3084<\/strong>), the ‘room’ is where the sleep takes place. One other difference that I’d like to point out is that \u3067 <\/strong>came before a verb (\u306d\u307e\u3059<\/strong>) in this sentence, but in the previous sentence it came before a noun (\u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Since \u3067 <\/strong>marks the location of where the action took place, it’s not unusual to see both \u3067 <\/strong>and the \u3092<\/strong> particle (which links both the object and the action together) in the same sentence.\u00a0 \u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093\u3000\u3067<\/strong>\u3000\u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc<\/strong>\u3000\u3092<\/strong>\u3000\u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059 <\/strong>is an example of having both the\u00a0 \u3067 <\/strong>and the \u3092<\/strong> particle together. Just because you have a \u3067 <\/strong>particle doesn’t mean that you have to have the\u00a0 \u3092<\/strong> particle in the same sentence. A sentence like this \u308f\u305f\u3057\u3000\u306e\u3000\u3078\u3084\u3000\u3067\u3000\u306d\u307e\u3059 <\/strong>is also acceptable. With the previous sentence you’re drinking the coffee so you need that direct object particle. However, it doesn’t make much sense to say you’re ‘sleeping the bed’.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you can even respond to a question like \u3069\u3053\u3000\u3067\u3000\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b<\/strong> with a response like \u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u3000\u3067<\/strong>. (\u3069\u3053 <\/strong>= doko. \u3067<\/strong> = location marking particle. \u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/strong> = polite present affirmative verb ‘study’. \u304b<\/strong> = question marking particle. \u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093<\/strong> = library.) In English the question\u00a0 \u3069\u3053\u3000\u3067\u3000\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b<\/strong> would mean something like ‘Where do you study’? The response \u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u3000\u3067<\/strong> would mean ‘In the library’. Of course a reply like \u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u3000\u3067<\/strong> is not a complete sentence, but people use this type of phrase when it is obvious to both the speaker and listener as to what\u00a0the context of the conversation is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u3067 particle indicates where the action takes place. Take a look at this example: \u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093\u3000\u3067\u3000\u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc\u3000\u3092\u3000\u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059. (\u304d\u3063\u3055\u3066\u3093 = cafe. \u3067 = location marking particle ‘de’. \u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc = coffee. \u3092 = direct object marking particle ‘wo’. \u306e\u307f\u307e\u3059 = polite present tense verb ‘drink’.) In English, this sentence would mean, ‘[I] drink coffee at a cafe.’ The…<\/p>\n

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