shokutaku no ue ni hana o kazaru to, heya ga sukoshi akaruku miemasu.

If you decorate the dining table with flowers, the room looks a little brighter.

Breakdown of shokutaku no ue ni hana o kazaru to, heya ga sukoshi akaruku miemasu.

• を: direct object particle
• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle
• と: conditional particle

Questions & Answers about shokutaku no ue ni hana o kazaru to, heya ga sukoshi akaruku miemasu.

Why is に used in 食卓の上に instead of で?

Because に marks the place where something ends up or is placed.

In 花を飾る, the flowers are being put/displayed on the table, so 食卓の上に means on top of the dining table as the target location.

• に = destination / resulting location
• で = the place where an action happens

So:

• 食卓の上に花を飾る = decorate the top of the table with flowers / place flowers on the table
• 食卓の上で would sound more like the table is the location where some action is performed, which is not the main idea here

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What does と mean in 飾ると?

Here, と means when or if, and it expresses a natural result.

So 花を飾ると、部屋が少し明るく見えます means something like:

• When you decorate the table with flowers, the room looks a little brighter
• If you put flowers on the table, the room appears a little brighter

This と often suggests a regular, expected, or automatic result rather than a one-time personal decision.

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Why is the verb in dictionary form, 飾る, before と?