kaigi no mae ni, okyakusama ni watashi no meishi o watashimashita.

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Breakdown of kaigi no mae ni, okyakusama ni watashi no meishi o watashimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• に: time particle

Questions & Answers about kaigi no mae ni, okyakusama ni watashi no meishi o watashimashita.

Why are there two に particles in this sentence?

They are doing two different jobs:

• 会議の前に: here, に marks a time point: before the meeting
• お客様に: here, に marks the recipient of the action: to the customer/client/guest

So in this sentence:

• 会議の前に = before the meeting
• お客様に = to the customer
• 私の名刺を = my business card
• 渡しました = handed/gave

Japanese often uses the same particle for different functions, so seeing に more than once in a sentence is very normal.

How does 会議の前に work grammatically?

This is a very common pattern:

• Noun + の + 前に

So:

• 会議 = meeting
• の = connects meeting to before
• 前 = front / before
• に = marks the time reference

Together, 会議の前に means before the meeting.

You can use this pattern with many nouns:

• 食事の前に = before the meal
• 授業の前に = before class
• 出発の前に = before departure

Why is there a の between 会議 and 前?