2007 年 03 月13 日

Location

To say something is in a particular place, use object + は + place + に + あります/います。The focus of the sentence is on the place. To ask the question of where something is, use the same sentence pattern with どこ (where).

Using positional information

There are a number of postpositions to use for indicating where something is. They come towards the end of the sentence, just before the verb, unlike English prepositions.
The directional phrases are: