kazoku no shashin wa betsuno foruda ni hozonshite imasu.

topic particle

Breakdown of kazoku no shashin wa betsuno foruda ni hozonshite imasu.

• の: possessive case particle
• 写真しゃしん: photo
• に: location particle

Questions & Answers about kazoku no shashin wa betsuno foruda ni hozonshite imasu.

What does の mean in 家族の写真?

Here, の links two nouns.

• 家族 = family
• 写真 = photo(s)

So 家族の写真 means family photos or photos of the family.

In general, A の B can mean things like:

• B of A
• B belonging to A
• B related to A

So this phrase could mean either:

• photos showing the family
• the family’s photos

Usually the intended meaning is clear from context.

Why is は used after 写真?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

So in:

家族の写真は別のフォルダに保存しています。

the speaker is talking about family photos as the topic:
As for the family photos, ...

This does not necessarily mean 写真 is the grammatical subject in the same way as English. It just tells you what the sentence is about.

A natural way to feel it is:

• 家族の写真は = as for the family photos
• 別のフォルダに保存しています = I store them in a different folder

Why is there no を in this sentence?