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12-05-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chryuop View Post
灯台にて。
I found this as a chapter title in a book and after going crazy for many long minutes and going through 4 dictionaries I managed to find that it is the original form of the particle で.

Is this form still commonly used today and if yes, it does apply to all the uses of で, such as にてある (for である)?

The Hiragana character で means de
にてある = nitearu
である = dearu

に = ni
て = te
あ = a
る = ru


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