[JLPT grammar] Which Particle, に or で, Is Used with Frequency Expressions?
Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N5 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?
[Student’s sentence]
一週間で二回、ジムに行きます。
*いっしゅうかんでにかい、じむにいきます。
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[My correction]
一週間で二回、ジムに行きます。
→一週間に二回、ジムに行きます。
I go to the gym twice a week.
に is used with frequency expressions such as per hour, per day, etc.
[Quantifier (time period)] に [how many]
e.g.
一日に10こ、漢字(かんじ)をおぼえます。
I learn 10 kanji a day.
一週間(いっしゅうかん)に25時間(じかん)働(はたら)
I work 25 hours per week.
オリンピックは四年(よねん)に一回(いっかい)、行(おこな)
The Olympics are held once every four years.
As you may know, に is the particle having the most various functions, and this is just one of them.
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