kinou no bangumi de ninki no kashu ni intabyuu o shimashita.

direct object particle

Breakdown of kinou no bangumi de ninki no kashu ni intabyuu o shimashita.

• の: possessive case particle
• で: location particle
• に: indirect object particle

Questions & Answers about kinou no bangumi de ninki no kashu ni intabyuu o shimashita.

What does the particle の do in 昨日の番組 and 人気の歌手? Are they the same kind of の?

They’re the same basic の, used to link two nouns (or noun-like words), but the relationship is a bit different in each phrase:

1. 昨日の番組

   • Literally: “yesterday’s program/show”
   • Here, 昨日 (yesterday) is acting like a noun, and の shows a loose “belonging / related to” relationship:
     
     • the show of yesterday → the show that was on yesterday
   • This is similar to English “yesterday’s show”.

2. 人気の歌手

   • Literally: “popularity’s singer” → “popular singer”
   • 人気 (popularity) is a noun, and の links it to 歌手 (singer).
   • Functionally, this の often works like an adjective marker: 人気の歌手 = a singer who is popular / a popular singer.

So grammar-wise it’s the same の (“noun A の noun B”), but:

• In 昨日の番組, の is more like “X’s Y / Y of X”.
• In 人気の歌手, の is more like “Y that has X / Y characterized by X”, effectively turning 人気 into an adjective-like modifier.

Why is で used in 番組で? Why not に?