で (1)

Particle (Basic 105)

A particle which indicates location, except for location of existence.

Equivalent: At; in; on

私達は喫茶店コーヒーを飲んだ・飲みました。
We drank coffee at a coffee shop.
ゆり子はデパート働いています。
Yuriko is working at a department store.
オーストラリアは十二月は夏だ。
In Australia it is summer in December.
島崎さんは日本は元気でした。
Mr. Shimazaki was healthy in Japan.
ヘレンは始めて舞台歌った。
Helen sang on the stage for the first time.

Notes

1 cannot be used to indicate location of existence. (⇨ に6) However, if the existential verb ある '(inanimate things) exist' occurs with an event, is used, as in (1).