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I am currently studying Minna no nihongo. I came across these two sentences enter image description here

Why was de used in gakkodewa , instead of gakkoniwa in second sentence?

Anubhav Goel
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    Here, に marks the location of existence, and で marks the location of action. This answer will be of help: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/60/particles-%E3%81%AB-vs-%E3%81%A7/4594#4594 – Chocolate Sep 03 '16 at 03:02
  • @chocolate Thank you for helping. I got it now. – Anubhav Goel Sep 03 '16 at 03:10
  • Because います takes に、 習う and most other verbs take で – oals Sep 03 '16 at 06:11

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In these two examples, there are two main differences you should learn.

に in the first sentence is used to explain the location that something or someone exists.

で in the second sentence is used to explain the location that an action takes places.

Griffen
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