at・in
Structure
- Place + で
[at ~ location]
Can we use で as below
公園で歩く
if yes, what is the difference with 公園を歩く？
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公園で歩く would mean you walk in the park
The second sounds like you put the park on a leash to walk it
Welcome to the community 
Hi, @IcyIceBear
according to this page
https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/を
公園を歩く (3rd example)
means walk through the park.
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Ya never stop learning ahaha interesting!
Hi!
There is indeed a difference in nuance, though both of them can be rendered as ‘through’ in English:
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公園で歩く means that you walk around the park, i.e. the park is the place you ‘use’ in order to walk.
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公園を歩く means that you traverse the park to go somewhere else, i.e. you use the park as a shortcut or the park is part of the path to your destination.
There are some topics in the community that include discussions about the nuance that を introduces when used with motion verbs.
HTH!
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A bit confused by the difference of function in these sentences for で and に.
私はここでピザを食べる。
彼は公園にいます。
From what the post says, で is used when “the place is considered essential for the action to be performed, or the result of the action to be achieved.” What about the first sentence makes eating pizza “here” essential? Is that something that would need to be known contextually through conversation already? Or can で be generalized as more so excluding the verb い る and being used when you have an action verb and a location in the same sentence?
Hi,
I’m unsure if this is correct place to ask this question, but it is related to one of examples given. Sentence: 私は部屋で寝る was translated to “I sleep in my room”. Why does it say “my” room? Shouldn’t it be “I sleep in a room”? If the sentence was to be about “my room” wouldn’t it be “私の部屋で寝る” (の instead of は)?
Hey @gkocik !
The sentence 私は部屋で寝る could be translated as ‘I sleep in my room’, and ‘I sleep in a room’.
The sentence says my room it is more common for people to say that they sleep in their own room instead of saying that they sleep in A room.
In Japaneses, pronouns can be omitted when the context is clear! This means that instead of saying 私は私の部屋で寝る, you could say 私は部屋で寝る without losing the original nuance.
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