mondai no kaiketsu wa muzukashii desu.

topic particle

Breakdown of mondai no kaiketsu wa muzukashii desu.

• です: to be
• の: possessive case particle
• 問もん題だい: problem

Questions & Answers about mondai no kaiketsu wa muzukashii desu.

What is the basic structure of 問題の解決は難しいです?

The sentence is built like this:

• 問題 = problem
• の = links nouns, often like of
• 解決 = solution / solving
• は = topic marker
• 難しい = difficult
• です = polite ending

So the structure is basically:

[problem + solving/solution] + is difficult

A very literal breakdown would be:

As for the solution of the problem, it is difficult
or
Solving the problem is difficult

Japanese often builds ideas with noun phrases first, then comments on them.

What does の mean here?

Here, の connects 問題 and 解決.

So:

• 問題 = problem
• 解決 = resolution / solving
• 問題の解決 = the problem’s resolution, or more naturally, solving the problem

A very common use of の is to show a relationship between two nouns. In English, this relationship is often translated as:

• of
• possessive ’s
• sometimes just by reversing the order

For example:

• 日本の文化 = Japanese culture / the culture of Japan
• 学生の本 = the student’s book
• 問題の解決 = the solution of the problem / solving the problem

So の does not always mean exactly one English word. It just links the two nouns.

Why is 解決 followed by は?