When I need to use 先 to mark a place?


So I bump up in the following example and I struggle to understand the usage
of 先. In this example, a boy meets his mother and he is angry about what she
did.

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    勝手に俺の履歴書使ってパート先のスーパーに出しただろう
    
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Form [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25239/why-
is-%E5%85%88-needed-
in-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E5%85%88%E3%81%A7) I
understood that it used to mark a place, but when do I need to use it? Isn't
kind of obvious that we are talking about the supermarket workplace?

If I would say `勝手に俺の履歴書使ってパートのスーパーに出しただろう` it wouldn't be the same?

Thanks, Or.




You are seeing the right question. 先 is a suffix that forms a noun that refers
to a place. パート先 refers to one's workplace where they work part-time.

This の indicates パート先 and スーパー are in apposition, i.e., her workplace **is**
the supermarket. See: [What's the difference between 日本人の学生 and 日本の学生
?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/40892/5010)

Without 先, パートのスーパー doesn't make much sense because "part time job" is not a
"supermarket" itself. Of course "part time job" cannot own a supermarket,
either. In reality, パートのスーパー, バイトのピザ屋 and so on might be sometimes used if
you're speaking very informally and there is enough context, but it's normally
safer to add 先.




You are seeing the right question. 先 is a suffix that forms a noun that refers
to a place. パート先 refers to one's workplace where they work part-time.

This の indicates パート先 and スーパー are in apposition, i.e., her workplace **is**
the supermarket. See: [What's the difference between 日本人の学生 and 日本の学生
?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/40892/5010)

Without 先, パートのスーパー doesn't make much sense because "part time job" is not a
"supermarket" itself. Of course "part time job" cannot own a supermarket,
either. In reality, パートのスーパー, バイトのピザ屋 and so on might be sometimes used if
you're speaking very informally and there is enough context, but it's normally
safer to add 先.

