shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku ni noru.

noun-connector particle

Breakdown of shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku ni noru.

• 乗のる: to ride
• に: target particle
• シティサイクル: a city bicycle

Questions & Answers about shitisaikuru to kurosubaiku ni noru.

What does と mean in this sentence?

Here, と connects two nouns and means and.

So:

• シティサイクル と クロスバイク = city bikes and cross bikes

It is simply making a list of the things that the verb 乗る applies to.

A useful point: this is the listing use of と, not the with use. In other words, it does not mean ride with a city bike and a cross bike. It means those are the things being ridden.

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Why is the particle に used with 乗る? Why not を?

The verb 乗る normally takes に for the vehicle, animal, or thing you get on / ride.

So Japanese says:

• 自転車に乗る = ride a bicycle
• 電車に乗る = ride a train
• 馬に乗る = ride a horse

This is different from English, where we use ride directly with the object.

A rough way to feel it is that Japanese treats it more like get on / be on something, so に is natural.

Using を with 乗る is normally wrong for the vehicle itself.

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Does one に apply to both シティサイクル and クロスバイク?