羊(ひつじ) hitsujiが ga牧(ぼく)草(そう)地(ち) bokusouchiで de草(くさ) kusaを o食(た)べ()て()い()る() tabeteiru。 Sheep are eating grass in the pasture. Literal Sheep [subject-が] pasture [at-で] grass [object-を] is-eating. 牧草地 ('pasture') is a compound 牧草 ('pasture grass') + 地 ('land'). で marks the location of the eating action. ~ている = ongoing state observed. natureanimalsagriculture~ている (ongoing state)~で (location of action)
羊(ひつじ) hitsujiが ga牧(ぼく)草(そう)地(ち) bokusouchiで de草(くさ) kusaを o食(た)べ()て()い()る() tabeteiru。 Sheep are eating grass in the pasture. Literal Sheep [subject-が] pasture [at-で] grass [object-を] is-eating. 牧草地 ('pasture') is a compound 牧草 ('pasture grass') + 地 ('land'). で marks the location of the eating action. ~ている = ongoing state observed. natureanimalsagriculture~ている (ongoing state)~で (location of action)