sakamichi no yuuhodou o aruku.

direct object particle

Breakdown of sakamichi no yuuhodou o aruku.

• の: possessive case particle
• 歩あるく: to walk
• 坂道さかみち: an uphill road; a slope

Questions & Answers about sakamichi no yuuhodou o aruku.

How do you read this sentence?

A natural reading is:

• 坂道 = さかみち
• の = の
• 遊歩道 = ゆうほどう
• を = を (pronounced お in modern Japanese)
• 歩く = あるく

So the whole sentence is read:

さかみち の ゆうほどう を あるく。

What does の mean here?

の connects two nouns.

Here, it links:

• 坂道 = slope / uphill road / hill road
• 遊歩道 = promenade / walkway / pedestrian path

So 坂道の遊歩道 means something like:

• the promenade on a slope
• the walkway of a sloping road
• the sloped promenade

In Japanese, A の B often means B related to A. The exact relationship depends on context.

Why is を used with 歩く? Isn’t 歩く an intransitive verb?