名詞で
名詞で means is/being ... and/so (connecting nouns). It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. After a noun, で can be the connecting form of だ/です, linking noun information to what follows. It looks the same as the で for place or means, so understand it from context.
Japanese sources describe it as 「名詞をつなぐ形」.
名詞で examples
田中さんは学生で、日本人です。
Mr./Ms. Tanaka is a student and Japanese.
ここは学校で、あそこは駅です。
This is a school, and that over there is a station.
名詞で exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
田中さんは（ ）で、日本人です。
- 学生 ✓
- 学生に
- 学生の
- 学生を
Mr./Ms. Tanaka is a student and Japanese.
ここは（ ）で、あそこは駅です。
- 学校 ✓
- 学校に
- 学校の
- 学校を
This is a school, and that over there is a station.
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