jikan no kachi ga wakarimasu.

I understand the value of time.

Breakdown of jikan no kachi ga wakarimasu.

• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 時間じかん: time
• 分わかる: to understand

Questions & Answers about jikan no kachi ga wakarimasu.

How do you read this sentence?

It is read:

じかん の かち が わかります。

In normal Japanese writing, it would usually be written without spaces:

時間の価値が分かります。

What does each part of the sentence do?

Here is the breakdown:

• 時間 = time
• の = links one noun to another, like of
• 価値 = value
• が = marks what is understood
• 分かります = understand / come to understand / can tell

So the structure is roughly:

time + of + value + subject marker + understand

A natural English translation is something like I understand the value of time or You understand the value of time, depending on context.

What does の mean here?