Kanji

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by MaU

i would use "に",,,,, i dont know it would be "で" in that sentence,,,
i dont see any wrong this, "私は町の近くに住んでいる"
seems good to me!!!

But that's what I'm talking about. The poster used で and I said it was wrong.　　
よく読んでからポストしてね。

[MaU]

Originally Posted by Lucas89

In my original post i had written で instead of に, so after Nagoyankee had corrected me i edited my post to make the sentence correct.

After seeing that correction something just clicked in my brain and i understand why it is に now and not で

I wouldn't know how to explain it though... But then again i can't explain any English grammar either xD

ohh i see
i should have noticed that
well i dont know how to explain japanese grammer either
で is like "at",,, に is more like "in" in this situation i think

[MaU]

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

But that's what I'm talking about. The poster used で and I said it was wrong.　　
よく読んでからポストしてね。

ごめんなさい

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by CaptainThunder

If you don't mind, could you explain why you would use で　instead of に　here? It seems like they're both being used as a location marker, and I always thought that they were interchangeable in that respect.

I've already explained this a few times in the last couple of months, so I'll be brief if you excuse me.

First and foremost, I must say that に and で are NOT interchangeable. If you have a teacher or book that says that they are, request a refund.

It basically depends on the kind of the verb that immediately follows the location marker.

で takes 'action' verbs such as 'to buy a shirt', 'to watch a film', 'to meet someone', 'to eat sushi', 'to steal a bike', 'to play tennis', 'to do shopping', 'to go to school', etc. The list will be endless.

に takes two types of verbs. The list will be very small.

1. 'State' verbs such as 'to live', 'to be', and 'to stay', etc. (state = inactive)

2. 'Coming' and 'going' to a place. 'to go', 'to come', 'to return', etc.

EDIT: Please everyone!! I never said to use で instead of　に in that particular sentence. The other poster did. So I pointed that out and he edited. Now I'm the one that looks like a noob...

[CaptainThunder]

Originally Posted by Lucas89

In my original post i had written で instead of に, so after Nagoyankee had corrected me i edited my post to make the sentence correct.

Ah, got it now

But thanks for the explanation anyway, Nagoyankee. If you think about it, it's almost identical to the same grammar point in English; "I brushed my teeth in the house" sounds slightly awkward, as does "I live at the house".