Tham khảo tài liệu 'a dictionary of basic japanese grammar – part 6', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ni9 301 4. If a location phrase which indicates the existence of someone or something modifies a noun phrase as in an apartment in New York ni cannot be used. In this case no is used. no1 1 ÍCT - b Nyũyõku no I ni apãto an apartment in New York Related Expressions I. De1 also indicates location but not a location where someone something exists. Thus in the following sentences de is ungrammatical. 1 a. t lz X ix u Watash no uchi ni de wa terebi ga nai. There is no TV set in my house. b. X X è rv S. Sumisu-san wa ima kaigishitsu ni de iru. Mr. Smith is in the conference room now. On the other hand ni is used only to indicate the location where someone something exists but not an event therefore in the following sentences ni is ungrammatical. 2 a. WiV otiamtXINI Watashi wa itsumo toshokan de n7 benkyõsuru. I always study at the library. b. zoyfo bfiH X Kono raketto wa Nihon de l ni wa gomarien gurai da. This racket costs about 50 000 yen in Japan. c. - 7 4- i b O cX ỈZ tco Sono pãtĩ wa Tomu no ìe de ni atta. The party was held at Tom s. II. In some sentences both the locational nỉ and the locational de can be used. For example in 3 both ni and de are appropriate. 3 Watashi wa Kyoto ni Ị de ii ie o mitsuketa. I found a good house in Kyoto. However the nuances of a sentence with ni and that with de are different. Namely the sentence with ni implies that I found a good house 302 7 6 nF which is in Kyoto while the one with de means In Kyoto I found a good house . Therefore in 4 the ni version and the de version mean different things. 4 WlTSrJiottfco Watashi wa Tokyo ni de shigoto o mitsuketa. I found a job in Tokyo. Namely in the sentence with n the job is in Tokyo and the place the speaker found it might not have been Tokyo. On the other hand the sentence with de means that the place the speaker found the job was Tokyo and the place where he is going to work is not necessarily Tokyo. ni7 IZ prt. a particle which indicates a place ị toward which . or . moves ị to .
