shokubutsu no seichou o kakuninshita.

I checked the plant's growth.

Breakdown of shokubutsu no seichou o kakuninshita.

• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 確認かくにんする: to check
• 植物しょくぶつ: plant

Questions & Answers about shokubutsu no seichou o kakuninshita.

How is this sentence read aloud?

It is read:

しょくぶつ の せいちょう を かくにんした。

Word by word:

• 植物 = しょくぶつ
• の
• 成長 = せいちょう
• を
• 確認した = かくにんした

Also, the spaces are just for learning. In normal Japanese writing, it would usually be written as:

植物の成長を確認した。

What does の do in 植物の成長?

Here, の links two nouns.

• 植物 = plant(s)
• 成長 = growth

So 植物の成長 means the growth of the plant(s) or plant growth.

A helpful way to think about A の B is:

• B of A
• A's B
• sometimes simply A B in natural English

So:

• 植物の成長 = the growth of plants / plant growth

Why is を used after 成長?