I have questions about の and its uses.
Do you have a LONG explaination of の?
I mean, sometimes it is used for posession like
犬の本 , the dog's book. But ive also seen it
used to compound words or show types like,
山の上 Top of the Mountain, or Mountain top.
の!
RE: の!
Actually it may be helpful to think of the two examples as the same thing. The dog's book AND the Mountain's top. Both mean something's something.jinksys wrote:
I have questions about の and its uses.
Do you have a LONG explaination of の?
I mean, sometimes it is used for posession like
犬の本 , the dog's book. But ive also seen it
used to compound words or show types like,
山の上 Top of the Mountain, or Mountain top.
There is another usage for の where it acts like a pronoun in some cases. for example - 大きいのがいい。 ookii NO ga ii. The big ONE is best. (as if you were choosing between several items)
AND one more meaning as のは which may be a shortened form of のことは for example - ギターを弾いているのは難しいです。 gita- o hiite iru NO WA muzukashii desu. Playing guitar is difficult. Here のは takes a phrase ギターを弾いている gita- o hiiteiru (play the guitar) and connects it with "is difficult"
RE: の!
There are 2 general uses of「の」that I know about.
1.「の」can act as a possessive particle, this usage of 「の」is most widely known.
Example:
約束の地(やくそくのち)- Promise's Land --> Land of Promise
「の」can act independantly when the object that is possessed is clear and is omitted.
Example:
赤いのはおいしいようね。 - The red one looks delicious.
2. 「の」can be added to offer an inquiry or explanatory tone.
For a detailed explanation about this, please visit Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar.
http://www.geocities.jp/nihongoguide/particles3.html
Hope this helps.
1.「の」can act as a possessive particle, this usage of 「の」is most widely known.
Example:
約束の地(やくそくのち)- Promise's Land --> Land of Promise
「の」can act independantly when the object that is possessed is clear and is omitted.
Example:
赤いのはおいしいようね。 - The red one looks delicious.
2. 「の」can be added to offer an inquiry or explanatory tone.
For a detailed explanation about this, please visit Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar.
http://www.geocities.jp/nihongoguide/particles3.html
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Sunny Pig on Tue 02.08.2005 2:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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