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Je mange dans un restaurant japonais.

Je mange dans un restaurant japonais.
I eat in a Japanese restaurant.
From Lesson 34:Prepositions for cities and countries (à, en, au, aux)·French

Breakdown of Je mange dans un restaurant japonais.

dans
in, inside
le restaurant
the restaurant
manger
to eat
japonais
Japanese

Questions & Answers about Je mange dans un restaurant japonais.

Why use dans here when the lesson is teaching à, en, and au for locations?
Those prepositions (à, en, au, aux) are specifically for geographic locations like cities and countries. When talking about being physically inside an enclosed space, like a building, a room, or a restaurant, you use dans (inside/in).
Why is it un restaurant japonais instead of un japonais restaurant?
In French, adjectives of nationality (like japonais, français, or américain) always go immediately after the noun they describe.
Why does japonais have an "s" at the end if there is only one restaurant?
The word japonais naturally ends in an "s" in its basic masculine singular form. It doesn't mean the word is plural here. If we were talking about multiple Japanese restaurants (des restaurants japonais), the spelling of the adjective wouldn't even change!
Does Je mange mean "I eat" or "I am eating"?
It means both! French doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense for actions happening right now. Je mange covers both a general habit (I eat) and an action happening right this second (I am eating).

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