Question 1

Why is で used after 会議室 instead of に?

Accepted Answer

In Japanese, で marks the location where an action takes place. Here, 会議をします (“hold a meeting”) is the action, so you say 会議室で.  
- 会議室で会議をします = “We hold a meeting in the meeting room.”  
By contrast, に marks a destination or point of arrival:  
- 会議室に行きます = “I go to the meeting room.”

Question 2

Why do we need を after 会議? Could we omit it?

Accepted Answer

を is the direct‐object marker, and 会議 is what you’re “doing” with する.  
- 会議をする = “to hold a meeting.”  
In casual speech you might hear 会議します (omitting を), but in formal or clear writing it’s standard to include を to avoid ambiguity.

Question 3

Why does 会議 appear twice—in 会議室 and again as the object?

Accepted Answer

They’re actually two separate words, just sharing the same kanji:  
- 会議室 (会議 + 室) = “meeting + room” = meeting room.  
- 会議をする = “to hold a meeting.”  
So one is a compound noun naming the room, and the other is the noun you “do.”

Question 4

Could I say 会議室で会議があります instead of 会議室で会議をします?

Accepted Answer

You can, but the nuance changes:  
- 会議があります = “There is a meeting (scheduled or occurring).” (existence)  
- 会議をします = “(We) hold/conduct a meeting.” (speaker’s action)  
If you’re announcing you’ll host it, use ～をします. If you’re merely stating a meeting exists or is set, use ～があります.

Question 5

Is 会議を行います the same as 会議をします?

Accepted Answer

Yes, 行う is a more formal or business‐like alternative to する.  
- 会議を行います has a slightly higher register (“We will conduct the meeting.”)  
- 会議をします is perfectly natural and a bit more everyday polite.

Question 6

Do Japanese sentences normally have spaces like 会議室 で 会議 を します?

Accepted Answer

No—standard Japanese writing doesn’t use spaces between words.  
Spaces are often inserted in learning materials to highlight particles and word boundaries, but native texts run everything together.

Question 7

How would I ask “Where will you hold the meeting?” in Japanese?

Accepted Answer

You replace 会議室 with どこ (where) and add the question particle か at the end:  
どこで会議をしますか？  
Literally: “At where will (you) hold a meeting?”

Question 8

What’s the typical word order for location, object, and verb in Japanese?

Accepted Answer

Japanese generally follows Subject–Object–Verb (SOV), with modifiers before what they modify and particles marking function. A common order is:  
1) (Subject/Topic)  
2) Time  
3) Place＋で  
4) Object＋を  
5) Verb (at the end)  
Example: 私は 朝８時に (time) 会議室で (place) 会議を (object) します (verb).

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