<p>Both are ok. But there are slightly difference(and the difference is really very small so you can use any of them as you like in daily life).</p>

<p>My understanding:</p>

<p>我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭: you emphasize that you are with friends</p>

<p>我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭: you emphasize that the action "吃饭"</p>

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2016-04-18T03:00:59.210Z
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Zieng
<p>Lets just simply translate this into English.</p>

<p>跟: with</p>

<p>我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭: I'm here with friends in the restaurant eating.</p>

<p>我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭: I'm in the restaurant eating with friends.</p>

<p>So the answer is, both are correct grammatically, both means the same, depends on which one you like to use.</p>

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Mindless
<p>跟:with (who)</p>

<p>跟朋友 with friends </p>

<p>跟家人 with family</p>

<p>在 : in (where)</p>

<p>在饭馆 in the restaurant</p>

<p>The order of 跟朋友 and 在飯館 is not important in Chinese.</p>

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cf。＂实用现代汉语语法＂５２２页：多项状语 二、递加关系的多项状语（二）递加关系状语的排列顺序 １。在描写性的状语中，描写动作者的在前，描写动作的在后。例如：（１）成瑶_笑盈盈_地_斜_视着华为。２他_不动声色_地_一件件_处理着。３她_像跟谁辩论似地猛然_仰起了头。。。_
２。除了大部分副词以外，限制性的状语按下列顺序排列（see previous Q:[link](The word order of co-existing adverbs in a sentence))
３把两类状语排在一起，总的顺序是：１表示时间的状语；２表示语气。关联句子的状语；３描写动作者的状语 表示目的、依据、关涉、协同的状语；５表示处所、空间、方向、路线的状语；６表示对象的状语；７描写动作的状语

４。几点说明 １表示动作发生时动作者所在的空间、处所的＂在。。。＂以及＂从。。。＇既可以位于（３）前，也可以位于（３）后。例如：（１）他_在家里愉快地_度过了暑假. 他_愉快地在家里_度过了暑假２姑娘_不好意思地在众人面前_唱了起来。姑娘_在众人面前不好意思地_唱了起来。３早晨他_从家里高高兴兴地_走出来。早晨他_高高兴兴地从家里_走出来。
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<p>In daily use, both are ok and nobody will tell the differents, I think. But  in grammar the first sentence emphasized in "whom you have meal with", while the second sentence emphasized in"the location in which you have meal", this kind of emphasis is very very lightly</p>

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toast
<p>I am not sure if I should put 跟 before 在 or the other way round. For example:  </p>

<p>我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭
or
我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭</p>

<p>Can I use both, but the meaning is slightly different?</p>

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Word order in a sentence with 跟 and 在
# Word order in a sentence with 跟 and 在

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-16)

I am not sure if I should put 跟 before 在 or the other way round. For example:

我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭
or
我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭

Can I use both, but the meaning is slightly different?

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-04-18. Score: 1

Both are ok. But there are slightly difference(and the difference is really very small so you can use any of them as you like in daily life).

My understanding:

我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭: you emphasize that you are with friends

我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭: you emphasize that the action "吃饭"


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-16. Score: 1

Lets just simply translate this into English.

跟: with

我跟朋友（一起）在饭馆吃饭: I'm here with friends in the restaurant eating.

我在饭馆跟朋友（一起）吃饭: I'm in the restaurant eating with friends.

So the answer is, both are correct grammatically, both means the same, depends on which one you like to use.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-04-16. Score: 1

跟:with (who)

跟朋友 with friends

跟家人 with family

在 : in (where)

在饭馆 in the restaurant

The order of 跟朋友 and 在飯館 is not important in Chinese.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: cf。＂实用现代汉语语法＂５２２页：多项状语 二、递加关系的多项状语（二）递加关系状语的排列顺序 １。在描写性的状语中，描写动作者的在前，描写动作的在后。例如：（１）成瑶_笑盈盈_地_斜_视着华为。２他_不动声色_地_一件件_处理着。３她_像跟谁辩论似地猛然_仰起了头。。。_ ２。除了大部分副词以外，限制性的状语按下列顺序排列（see previous Q:[link](The word order of co-existing adverbs in a sentence)) ３把两类状语排在一起，总的顺序是：１表示时间的状语；２表示语气。关联句子的状语；３描写动作者的状语 表示目的、依据、关涉、协同的状语；５表示处所、空间、方向、路线的状语；６表示对象的状语；７描写动作的状语  ４。几点说明 １表示动作发生时动作者所在的空间、处所的＂在。。。＂以及＂从。。。＇既可以位于（３）前，也可以位于（３）后。例如：（１）他_在家里愉快地_度过了暑假. 他_愉快地在家里_度过了暑假２姑娘_不好意思地在众人面前_唱了起来。姑娘_在众人面前不好意思地_唱了起来。３早晨他_从家里高高兴兴地_走出来。早晨他_高高兴兴地从家里_走出来。  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-04-18. Score: 0

In daily use, both are ok and nobody will tell the differents, I think. But in grammar the first sentence emphasized in "whom you have meal with", while the second sentence emphasized in"the location in which you have meal", this kind of emphasis is very very lightly


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