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Thursday, April 9, 2009

De (By / With / At)


oday I will show you how to use “de” (by / with / at)

Eat with chopstick - O hashi de tabemasu
Cut with scissors - Hasami de kirimasu
Write with pencil - Enpitsu de kakimasu
Speak in English - Eigo de hanashimasu

Go by car - Kuruma de ikimasu

Swim at the sea - Umi de Oyogimasu
Play inside the house - Uchi no naka de asobimasu

Meaning : Hashi (Chopstick / Bridge), Hasami (Scissors), Eigo (English), Umi (Sea), Oyogimasu (Swim), Asobimasu (Play)

Q : You come by what? - Nani de kimasu ka?
A : I come by car - Kuruma de kimasu

For negative use “de wa”. Example : Hasami de wa kirimasen

The combination of “de” and “e”
Go to school by train - Densha de Gakkou e ikimasu
Isn’t going to school by train - Densha de wa gakkou e ikimasen

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