Word
部屋 に フロアランプ を 置く。heya ni furoaranpu o oku.
Meaning
I put a floor lamp in the room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of heya ni furoaranpu o oku.
をo
direct object particle
部屋heya
room
にni
location particle
置くoku
to put
Questions & Answers about heya ni furoaranpu o oku.
Why is に used after 部屋?
に marks the place where something is put or placed.
In 部屋にフロアランプを置く, 部屋に means in the room / into the room as the destination or location of placement.
With 置く (to put / to place), the pattern is often:
place + に + thing + を + 置く
So:
- 部屋に = in the room
- フロアランプを = the floor lamp
- 置く = put/place
Why is を used after フロアランプ?
を marks the direct object of the verb—the thing being acted on.
Here, the thing being placed is フロアランプ, so it takes を:
- フロアランプを置く = to place a floor lamp
So the sentence is literally structured like:
room + in + floor lamp + object marker + place
What exactly does 置く mean here?
