数量 + で (suuryou + de) — Within / for that amount
The で that tells you in how much time, or for how much money, something gets done.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
At work you need this form every day for talking about time and price.
Meaning
- Put で after an amount (time, money, a number) and it means "within that" or "for that" — 三日で できます (it can be done in three days), 千円で 買えます (you can buy it for a thousand yen).
- 全部で (in total) comes from the same pattern.
Versus what you know
- N5Do not mix this で up with the で of place: in 会社で 働きます the で marks where, but in 三日で the で marks a limit.
- N5Do not use に either — 三日に できます is wrong, because に marks a fixed point in time (三時に), not a limit.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
この 仕事は 三日で できます。
この しごとは みっかで できます。
This job can be done in three days.
この 本は 千円で 買えます。
この ほんは せんえんで かえます。
You can buy this book for a thousand yen.
駅まで 十分で 行けます。
えきまで じゅっぷんで いけます。
You can get to the station in ten minutes.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which says "this job can be done in three days"?
💡 Hint: Which particle marks a limit?
で goes after an amount. に marks a fixed point in time, not a limit.
「この 本は 千円 買えます」— what goes in the blank?
💡 Hint: A price is an amount too.
千円で 買えます = you can buy it for a thousand yen.
In which sentence does で mark a limit — "within that / for that much"?
💡 Hint: Look for the one with an amount — time, money, a number — before で.
三日 is an amount, so 三日で marks a limit. In 会社で the で marks a place, in バスで the means of travel, and in 病気で the reason — the same letter で, but a different job.
Your score: /3