De and ni, mightiest of foes (and a confusion about the two)

[TexMurphy01]

Hi there.

I've been doing a lot of 'de' and 'ni' lately and one thing has come up where I'm somewhat confused. Well, I didn't think I was, but I spoke to someone and now I am.

So what's the problem? Well, if I want to say 'I live in England', that is 'Igirisu ni sunde imasu' with the particle 'ni' and the stative verb 'to live' in its stative form.

Now, if I wanted to say 'I live in London, in England', what I thought was 'Rondon ni, igirisu ni sunde imasu'. And if I wanted to add that I lived in London, in England, in Europe, I could add another 'ni' with Europe to that lot.

The girl I spoke to seemed convinced that only the final verb would take 'ni' to connect it to 'sunde imasu' and the others in the list would take 'de'. So 'Rondon de Igirisu de Europpu ni sunde imasu'.

After speaking with her I realised I wasn't actually 100% sure, so I come to you. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Toritoribe]

Neither "Rondon de igirisu de yōroppa ni" nor "Yōroppa de igirisu de rondon ni" makes sense. I would use の[no] or にある[ni aru] for the case. This is more close to "I live in 'London in England'".

ヨーロッパにあるイギリスのロンドンに住んでいます。
Yōroppa ni aru igirisu no rondon ni sundeimasu.

ヨーロッパのイギリスのロンドンに[Yōroppa no igirisu no rondon ni] is also acceptable, but could sound childish just as connecting clauses only with the -te form does.

 

[TexMurphy01]

Right... okay. Thanks a lot!