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で: is … and (て-form of だ)

N5 · 06 Plain forms and te-form

The て-form of the copula だ/です: it joins 'X is A' to the next clause ('is A, and…'), or gives a reason ('is A, so…').

Not the particle で ('at; by means of'). Compare 静かで (being quiet) with 図書館で (at the library). である, ではない and でございます are built on the same で.

Examples

兄あには医者いしゃで、姉あねは先生せんせいだ。

My older brother is a doctor, and my older sister is a teacher.

この部屋へやは静しずかで、明あかるいです。

This room is quiet and bright.