tonari no hito ni konnichiha to iimashita.

person

Breakdown of tonari no hito ni konnichiha to iimashita.

• の: possessive case particle
• に: indirect object particle
• と: quotative particle

Questions & Answers about tonari no hito ni konnichiha to iimashita.

What does 隣の人 mean literally?

Literally, 隣の人 means the person next to (someone) or the neighboring person.

• 隣（となり） = next to, neighboring side
• の = links nouns together, like of or an apostrophe-s in some cases
• 人（ひと） = person

So 隣の人 is a noun phrase meaning the person next to me/us/the speaker, depending on context.

In natural English, it might be translated as:

• the person next to me
• the person beside me
• my neighbor
  depending on the situation.

Why is の used in 隣の人?