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In 'All About Particles', I have come across the sentence:

> 小川さんは語学が得意で、フランス語もイ夕リア語もできます。
>
> (Ogawa is good at languages, he can speak both French and Italian.)

What is the use of で in this sentence? I can kind of understand it as placing
the second part in context, however I would have used です, would that also
work?
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Use of で in 小川さんは語学が得意で、フランス語もイ夕リア語もできます
で like this is essentially the conjunctive form of です. You can make two
separate statements: 「Aです。Bです。」 Or you can make one statement that combines
the two: 「Aで、Bです。」In this usage pattern, as you note, the A part provides the
context, and the で functions a bit like the English " **it is** A **and** it
is B".
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“で” or “ので” is a conjunction equivalent to and, so, as, and because, as in,

彼女は料理が好き **で** 、特にパスタ料理が得意です - She is a good cooker **and** her specialty is
pasta dishes.

ウイスキーを一杯飲ん **で** それから出かけました - He had a gulp of a glass of whiskey **and** went
out.

彼は勉強家 **で** 、中国語を3年間で完全にマスターしました - He is a hard-worker, **so** he completely
mastered Chinese in three years.

彼は言い間違えた **ので** 訂正しました - He misspoke. **So** he corrected it

彼は骨折 **で** 入院しました - **Because of** a fracture, he got hospitalized.

彼女は愛想がいい **ので** 皆に好かれています - **Because** (as) she is so amiable, she is liked
by everybody.
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