Learn Hardcore Japanese: suupaa no kudamono no uriba de akai ringo wo mituketara, haha no tame ni hutatu kaimasu. - If I find red apples in the fruit section of the supermarket, I buy two for my mother.

Word

スーパー　の　果物くだもの　の　売うり場ば　で　赤あかい　りんご　を　見みつけたら、　母はは　の　ため　に　二ふたつ　買かいます。suupaa no kudamono no uriba de akai ringo o mitsuketara, haha no tame ni futatsu kaimasu.

Meaning

If I find red apples in the fruit section of the supermarket, I buy two for my mother.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Lesson 39

Breakdown of suupaa no kudamono no uriba de akai ringo o mitsuketara, haha no tame ni futatsu kaimasu.

をo

direct object particle

のno

possessive case particle

Questions & Answers about suupaa no kudamono no uriba de akai ringo o mitsuketara, haha no tame ni futatsu kaimasu.

Why are there so many の particles in スーパーの果物の売り場?

Each の links one noun to another, a bit like of or an apostrophe-s in English.

スーパーの果物 = the supermarket’s fruit / fruit at the supermarket
果物の売り場 = the fruit sales area / the place where fruit is sold

So the whole phrase スーパーの果物の売り場 means the fruit section of the supermarket.

Japanese often chains nouns this way, so multiple の in one phrase is very normal.

What exactly does 売り場 mean?

売り場 means sales floor, counter, department, or section where something is sold.

In this sentence, 果物の売り場 is the fruit section.

It is made from:

売る = to sell
場 = place

So literally it is something like the place for selling.

Why is the particle で used after 売り場?