nori o tsukatte, shashin o nooto ni harimashita.

I used glue to stick a photo into my notebook.

Breakdown of nori o tsukatte, shashin o nooto ni harimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• 写真しゃしん: photo
• 使つかう: to use
• に: location particle

Questions & Answers about nori o tsukatte, shashin o nooto ni harimashita.

Why are there two を particles in this sentence?

Because they mark two different things:

• のりを使って = using glue
  • Here, を marks のり as the thing being used by 使う.
• 写真をノートに貼りました = stuck the photo onto the notebook
  • Here, を marks 写真 as the thing being stuck by 貼る.

So each を belongs to a different verb:

• のりを使う
• 写真を貼る

This is very common in Japanese when one action is connected to another.

What does 使って mean here?

使って is the て-form of 使う, which means to use.

So:

• 使う = to use
• 使って = using..., and then...

In this sentence, 使って connects the two actions:

• のりを使って、写真をノートに貼りました。
• Using glue, I stuck the photo into/on the notebook.

A natural way to think of it is:

• Aを使って、Bする = do B using A

Examples:

• はさみを使って、紙を切りました。
  • I cut the paper using scissors.
• ペンを使って、名前を書きました。
  • I wrote my name using a pen.

Why is に used with ノート?