saikin kagaku no kiji o yomuno ga tanoshii desu.

to be

Breakdown of saikin kagaku no kiji o yomuno ga tanoshii desu.

• を: direct object particle
• 読よむ: to read
• が: subject particle

Questions & Answers about saikin kagaku no kiji o yomuno ga tanoshii desu.

Why is there no particle after 最近?

In Japanese, time expressions like 昨日, 今日, 来週, and 最近 can stand alone without a particle and still indicate when something happens. If you want to emphasize or mark it as the topic, you can add は (e.g. 最近は), but it’s not mandatory. Leaving it without a particle is perfectly natural and common, especially in casual or written contexts.

What does the の after 読む do?

That の is the nominalizer. It turns the verb phrase 読む (“to read”) into a noun-like phrase 読むの (“reading”). This lets you treat the entire action as a thing you can talk about—here, that “reading science articles” itself is fun.

Why is が used after 読むの instead of を or は?

Once you nominalize the clause with の, you need a particle to show its grammatical role.

• ～のが marks the nominalized phrase as the subject of the sentence (i.e. “the thing that is fun”).
• ～のを would make it the object, which doesn’t work with 楽しい (an adjective that describes a subject).
• You could say 読むのは楽しいです, using は to add contrast or topic-marking, but that slightly shifts the nuance—が here simply states “This is fun” without implying comparison.

Could I use こと instead of の here?