orei no messeeji o okurimashita.

I sent a message of thanks.

Breakdown of orei no messeeji o okurimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 送おくる: to send
• メッセージ: message

Questions & Answers about orei no messeeji o okurimashita.

What does お礼 mean here?

お礼 means thanks, gratitude, or an expression of appreciation.

In this sentence, it does not mean a physical reward or return gift. It means the act of thanking someone, so お礼のメッセージ is a message expressing thanks.

Also, お礼 is a very common and natural word in Japanese. You will often see it in phrases like:

• お礼を言う = to say thank you
• お礼のメール = a thank-you email
• お礼をする = to express thanks / do something in thanks

Why is there a の between お礼 and メッセージ?

The particle の is linking two nouns.

Here, お礼のメッセージ literally means something like:

• a message of thanks
• a thank-you message

A very common beginner way to think about A の B is:

• B related to A
• B of A
• A-type B

So here:

• お礼 = thanks
• メッセージ = message
• お礼のメッセージ = a message related to thanks

It is not always a literal English of. It is just a very flexible noun-linking pattern.