Genki I particles

Question 1

で

Answer 1

p60: The particle で indicates where the event described by the verb takes place.

図書館（としょかん）で本をみます
うちでテルビを見ます

p198: You can use the particle で with nouns that describe the means of transportation and the instruments you use.

はしでごはんを食べます.
We eat our meals with chopsticks
日本語で話しましょう。
Let’s talk in Japanese
バスで駅まで行きました。
I went to the station by bus
テレビで映画（えいが）を見ました。
I saw the movie on TV.

Question 2

も

Answer 2

too

Question 3

と

Answer 3

(p81) This particle has two functions. One is to connect two nouns A and B.

日本語と英語を話します。
京都（きょうと）と大阪（おおさか）に行きました。

The other meaning of と is “together with”; it describes with whom you do something

メアリーさんはスーさんと韓国(かんこく)に行きます。

Question 4

に

Answer 4

pg61: The particle に has many meanings, but here we will learn two: (1) the goal toward which things move, and (2) the time at which an event takes place.

(1) goal of movement
私は今日学校に行きません
私はうちに帰ります

(2) time
日曜日に京都（きょうと）に行きます
十一時に寝（ね）ます
Approximate time references can be made by substituting ごろ or ごろに　for に.
十一時ごろ(に)帰ります

Question 5

へ

Answer 5

pg61: The particle へ, too, indicates the goal of movement. The sentences in (1) above therefore can be rewritten using へ instead of に. Note this particle is pronounced “e”

私は今日学校へ行きません
私はうちへ帰ります

Note that he may replace the particle に only in the goal-of-movement sense. The particle に for time references and other uses, which we will learn about in later lessons, cannot be so replaced.

Question 6

を

Answer 6

pg61: The particle を indicates “direct objects,” the kind of things that are directly involved in, or affected by, the event. Note that this particle is pronounced “o”

コーヒーを飲みます
テープを聞きます
テレビを見ます