How to use の particle and the で particle if I want to say “I bought the shoes in Tomoyo's shop”


If I wanted to say "I bought the shoes in Tomoyo's shop", how would the
particles work? I know "shoes" would take the を particle. But when it comes to
"Tomoyo's shop" would I place the の particle after "Tomoyo" and the で particle
after "shop" or would I write "Tomoyo's shop" and then ので together? Or are
both ways wrong?

To clarify, "Tomoyo's shop" is not the shop's name, it's more like "I have a
friend named Tomoyo who owns a shop."




You are on the right track.

> ともよ **の** お店 **で** 靴を買いました。

works. The construction AのB combines two nouns A and B into one _noun phrase_
, i.e. grammatically AのB works just like a single noun.

Just note that this sounds like it's someone's shop, like you know Tomoyo (it
sounds like that in English, too). If "Tomoyo's Shop" is just the name of the
shop, you can just say

> [Tomoyo's Shop]{トモヨスショップ}で靴を買いました。

or use the shop's Japanese name.

