の
(No)
marks possession; modifies a noun with another noun.
Connection rules
- ＋Noun1 + の + Noun2 (Noun2 is the head; Noun1 modifies it)
- ＋Multiple の can chain: 私の友だちの車 — 'my friend's car'.
- ＋The nominalizing use (e.g., 食べるのが好き) appears later at higher levels.
Examples
1.
これは私の本です。
Kore wa watashi no hon desu.
This is my book.
「marks possession; modifies a noun with another noun」
2.
彼は日本語の先生です。
Kare wa nihongo no sensei desu.
He is a Japanese language teacher.
「marks possession; modifies a noun with another noun」
Practice
My house is near the station.
___は駅の近くです。
Romaji also accepted