[place]+particle で vs に (de vs ni) :JLPT Grammar
[Student’s sentence]
明日、私の家で遊びに来てください。
Come and visit my house tomorrow.
*あした、わたしのいえであそびにきてください。
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[My correction]
明日、私の家で遊びに来てください。
→明日、私の家に遊びに来てください。
Come and visit my house tomorrow.
You need to use に in phrases like [place]に来る because it corresponds to 来る in 私の家に来る, which means ‘come to my house’. Although で is used in sentences like 私の家で遊ぶ (play at my house), in this sentence the key verb is 来る, not 遊ぶ, so you should use に.
Examples:
図書館(としょかん)に勉強(べんきょう)しに来(き)ました。
I came to the library to study.
日曜日(にちようび)も会社(かいしゃ)に仕事(しごと)をしに来(く)るつもりです。
I plan to come to the office to work on Sunday too.
公園(こうえん)にサッカーをしに来(こ)ないでください。
Please do not come to the park to play football.
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