reizouko de ocha o hiyashite kara, suitou ni iremasu.

After chilling the tea in the refrigerator, I put it into my water bottle.

Breakdown of reizouko de ocha o hiyashite kara, suitou ni iremasu.

• を: direct object particle
• で: location particle
• お茶ちゃ: tea
• に: location particle

Questions & Answers about reizouko de ocha o hiyashite kara, suitou ni iremasu.

Why is で used after 冷蔵庫? Shouldn’t に mean in the refrigerator?

This is a very common question.

Here, 冷蔵庫で means in/using the refrigerator as the place where the action happens. The particle で marks the location of an action.

• 冷蔵庫で冷やす = to chill something in the refrigerator
• The action is 冷やす.

By contrast, に often marks:

• a destination
• a point in time
• the location where something exists, rather than where an action happens

So:

• 冷蔵庫にある = it is in the refrigerator
• 冷蔵庫で冷やす = chill it in the refrigerator

That is why で is correct here.

Why is お茶 marked with を?

Because お茶 is the direct object of the verb 冷やす.

• 冷やす is a transitive verb: it means to chill/cool something
• The thing being chilled is お茶
• So it takes を

Structure:

• お茶を冷やす = chill the tea

Later in the sentence, that same tea is what gets put into the bottle.