Simple Particle Question (よびます）


I am a little confused as to what is going on here:

ともだちを パーティーに よびました。

Why is this not ともだちに (recipient of the invite) パーティーで (place of the invite)
よびました? It would be helpful if someone can please explain, thank you.




Let's insert a subject.

（私は）ともだちを パーティーに よびました。

Who is doing the Yobu? I am. Who is the target of my Yobu-ing? My friend.
Where am I Yobu-ing him to? A party.

を marks the object, に marks (in this case) the target location, directionally.

で is the place in the invite, statically, as opposed to directionally-- You
might say パーティーでさわいだ, "We had fun _at_ the party." You wouldn't say, "We had
fun _to_ the party" in this case. But since you're calling him _to_ the party,
we use に.




Let's insert a subject.

（私は）ともだちを パーティーに よびました。

Who is doing the Yobu? I am. Who is the target of my Yobu-ing? My friend.
Where am I Yobu-ing him to? A party.

を marks the object, に marks (in this case) the target location, directionally.

で is the place in the invite, statically, as opposed to directionally-- You
might say パーティーでさわいだ, "We had fun _at_ the party." You wouldn't say, "We had
fun _to_ the party" in this case. But since you're calling him _to_ the party,
we use に.

