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No (の) is a particle that connects two nouns. |
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Examples: |
| たけし さん の でんわ ばんごう
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Takeshi's phone number |
| Takeshi san no denwa bangoo |
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| だいがく の せんせい |
a college professor
"a college's professor" |
| daigaku no sensei |
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| にほんご の がくせい |
a student of the Japanese language |
| nihongo no gakusee |
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| にほん の だいがく |
a college in Japan
"Japan's college" |
| nihon no daigaku |
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The main idea in the Japanese language always comes at the end,
with any further
description place before it. |
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Noun 1 (Restriction,
Definition, Owner, etc.) の Noun 2
(Main Idea) |
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By using no with two nouns, it is more or less like using one big noun
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you can put it wherever you can put a noun, as in the
following example: |
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たけし さん の おかあさん は
こうこう の せんせい です。 |
Takeshi's mother is a high school teacher.
"Takeshi san's mother /topic/
high school's teacher /be/." |
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Takeshi san no okaasan wa
kookoo no sensei desu. |
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