ooyasan ni denwashite, kagi o uketoru jikan o kimemashita.

direct object particle

Breakdown of ooyasan ni denwashite, kagi o uketoru jikan o kimemashita.

• に: indirect object particle
• 時間じかん: time
• 〜て: connective form

Questions & Answers about ooyasan ni denwashite, kagi o uketoru jikan o kimemashita.

Why is 大家さん followed by に?

Because に marks the person the action is directed toward.

In 大家さんに電話して, the action is 電話する, and the landlord is the person being called, so に is used.

• 大家さんに電話する = to call the landlord
• 友だちに電話する = to call a friend

With 電話する, Japanese normally uses に for the person you call.

Why is it 電話して instead of 電話しました?

電話して is the て-form of 電話する. Here it links two actions into one sentence:

1. called the landlord
2. decided on a time

So the sentence has the pattern:

Aして、Bました
= did A, and then did B

This often suggests sequence, so it feels like:

• I called the landlord, and then
• I decided on a time to receive the key

Only the final verb, 決めました, carries the past polite ending for the whole sentence.

Is 電話して from 電話する? Why not 電話をして?