Home Learn Japanese Why not で in following sentence?LLearn JapaneseWhy not で in following sentence?February 11, 20232 comments From ShinKanzen Master N4 Grammar book. Had to pick between で and に. I thought で because it’s the location of an action (making a window) but apparently the answer is に and I don’t know why. Can anyone explain this to me?子供の部屋 (__) 大きい窓をを作りました。 Tags:Japanese LanguageLearn Japanese 2 commentsDon’t take my word for granted because I’m not very advanced, but isn’t this situation like the one for the verb 書く?Where テーブルで書く means that I wrote something while I was using a table as support. While テーブルに書く means that I wrote something in the table itself.Maybe it means the same thing. You wouldn’t be making a window while in the room, you would make a window into the room.I’m just a beginner, please take what I wrote with a grain of salt.I think [this](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1TFKbNaolw&feature=shares) explains it well.で is more like you’re making a window in the room to fit somewhere else.に is you’re making the window in the wall of that room.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Don’t take my word for granted because I’m not very advanced, but isn’t this situation like the one for the verb 書く?Where テーブルで書く means that I wrote something while I was using a table as support. While テーブルに書く means that I wrote something in the table itself.Maybe it means the same thing. You wouldn’t be making a window while in the room, you would make a window into the room.I’m just a beginner, please take what I wrote with a grain of salt.
I think [this](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1TFKbNaolw&feature=shares) explains it well.で is more like you’re making a window in the room to fit somewhere else.に is you’re making the window in the wall of that room.
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Don’t take my word for granted because I’m not very advanced, but isn’t this situation like the one for the verb 書く?
Where テーブルで書く means that I wrote something while I was using a table as support. While テーブルに書く means that I wrote something in the table itself.
Maybe it means the same thing. You wouldn’t be making a window while in the room, you would make a window into the room.
I’m just a beginner, please take what I wrote with a grain of salt.
I think [this](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1TFKbNaolw&feature=shares) explains it well.
で is more like you’re making a window in the room to fit somewhere else.
に is you’re making the window in the wall of that room.