In my head, we’re talking about dogs that are under “something” hence my に木 and not に犬 as it suggests. Any tips to help me figure out what’s going where?
Look at what the の is ‘attached’ to - does that help clarify it?
Yeah, I can see that we’re talking about “spaces under the tree”, it just feels weird to then be pointing towards the dog vs the tree.
Particles are attached to what’s behind them, not the next thing.
Well, that explains why I have it backwards lol
Yah, words like “in”, “at”, “on”, “under” are called “prepositions” in English, because they pre-position the word they modify. In Japanese, all particles are postpositions - they modify the word that they follow. It’s one of the reasons why a lot of Japanese grammar seems backwards compared to English.
lemme try. arboreal under’d dog.
Japanese can be interpreted as (木の／下に)／犬が／います, which are word/clause + particle units.
Fwiw, you could have it as 犬が木の下にいる
But to me at least there is a marked difference in this one
