How to say, for example, football started in England?

[Hari Patel]

as in the title

 

[Hari Patel]

I am struggling to figure out weather the particle is の or で connecting the location (UK) to the verb (started)

 

[mdchachi]

<place>で<thing>が始まりました。

In this case you might see the verb for "born" used (生まれる).

 

[Hari Patel]

how about はじまりました

 

[mdchachi]

how about はじまりました

Same thing. That's what I wrote. はじまりました＝始まりました。

 

[Hari Patel]

Same thing. That's what I wrote. はじまりました＝始まりました。

Thanks
The order doesnt matter (<Thing>ga<Place>de verb) right?

 

[nice gaijin]

Thanks
The order doesnt matter (<Thing>ga<Place>de verb) right?

As long as your nouns are followed by the correct particles, the overall meaning of the sentence is relatively unchanged.