beddo no chikaku ni konsento ga aru kara, sumaho o juuden dekiru.

There is an outlet near the bed, so I can charge my smartphone.

Breakdown of beddo no chikaku ni konsento ga aru kara, sumaho o juuden dekiru.

• を: direct object particle
• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle
• から: reason particle

Questions & Answers about beddo no chikaku ni konsento ga aru kara, sumaho o juuden dekiru.

Why is there a の in ベッドの近く?

Here, の links two nouns.

• ベッド = bed
• 近く = vicinity / nearby area

So ベッドの近く literally means the bed’s nearby area, or more naturally, near the bed.

This is a very common pattern in Japanese:

• 駅の近く = near the station
• 家の前 = in front of the house
• 学校の後ろ = behind the school

Even though English uses a preposition like near, Japanese often uses a noun-like word plus の.

What exactly is 近く? Is it the same as 近い?

They are related, but they are not used the same way.

• 近い is an i-adjective meaning near
• 近く is a noun-like form meaning nearby area / vicinity

Compare:

• ベッドは近い = The bed is near.
  This sounds incomplete unless you say what it is near to.
• ベッドの近く = near the bed

So in this sentence, 近く is the right form because it works as a location noun.

Why is the particle に used after 近く?