〜にて (~nite) — at / by / with (formal で)
The formal で — the word of notices, letters, announcements and ceremonies.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
A letter arrives from the city office about your health check: 「健康診断は市民センター２階にて行います。結果は後日、書面にてお知らせします。」
Meaning
- It reads stiff, but don't worry — 「にて」is just the 「で」you learned at N5, dressed in formal clothes.
- Whatever 「で」does, 「にて」does too: place (会場にて = at the hall), means (書面にて・メールにて = in writing, by email), and a point in time — at the end of a ceremony, 「これにて閉会といたします」(with this, we close).
- In formal letters it can even give a reason: 「病気にて欠席いたします」.
How to attach
Attaching it is easy: N + 「にて」.
Versus what you know
N2It's like N2 「際」versus 「とき」: same meaning, different level.
Watch out
- The key rule: it belongs to written notices, letters, announcements and ceremonies — say 「駅前のカフェにて会おう」to a friend and it sounds like a line from a period drama; in everyday talk use 「で」.
- And it replaces only the particle 「で」; the 「で」of 「だ」that links sentences (as in 「学生で、毎日忙しい」) cannot become 「にて」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
説明会の受付は、一階ロビーにて行います。
せつめいかいのうけつけは、いっかいロビーにておこないます。
Registration for the information session will take place in the first-floor lobby.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 一階ロビー = the first-floor lobby (a place) → we attach formal 「にて」 instead of 「で」 → then the notice's verb: 行います.
審査の結果は、後日書面にてお知らせいたします。
しんさのけっかは、ごじつしょめんにておしらせいたします。
The results of the review will be sent to you in writing at a later date.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 書面 = a written document, a letter (the means) → 「にて」= 「で」 (by) → then a very polite verb: お知らせいたします = we will inform you.
これにて、本日の会議を終了いたします。
これにて、ほんじつのかいぎをしゅうりょういたします。
With this, we will close today's meeting.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) これ = this (the present point) → 「にて」= "right here, with this" → then 終了いたします = we will close → a set phrase said at the end of a meeting or ceremony.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「入学式は、本校体育館＿＿行います。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: The place of an event, in a formal notice.
N + にて = formal で. 体育館にて行います = it will be held in the gym. 「にとって」means 'for', 「にあって」'in the situation of', 「を限りに」'as the last time' — none of them marks a place.
In which sentence is 「にて」unnatural?
💡 Hint: A formal notice, or a chat with a friend?
にて is the language of notices, letters and announcements. In casual talk like 「ねえ、〜待ってるね」, say 「カフェで」.
To say 'We will inform you of the result in writing', which is right?
💡 Hint: Not a place — a means (by what).
Like で, にて can mark a means: 書面にて = in writing. 「において」is only for a place or field (会場において) and can't mark a means; 「にとって」and 「に際して」mean something else entirely.
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