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<p>
	You've already learned that the particle <strong>の</strong> can be used to express possession and that we can place it next to a pronoun to make the words <strong>my</strong>, <strong>yours</strong>, <strong>his</strong>, and <strong>hers</strong>.
</p>

<p>
	This is not the only use of the particle <strong>の</strong> however.
	It can be used in many situations where we don't use a possessive construction in English.
	The function of <strong>の</strong> is often to describe the noun that follows it in terms of the noun that precedes it.
</p>

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	As you can see in the sentences above, when we put <strong>の</strong> after a noun, it basically makes the noun behave as an adjective.
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<p>
	Until now, we have used counters after the words they count.
	A counter can however also be used in front of the word it counts if we put <strong>の</strong> after the counter.
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Other usages of の

adjectival noun

adjectival phrase

adnominal

adverb

adverbial noun

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

case particle

compound

conjunction

conjunctive particle

discourse

discourse particle

expression

godan - group 1

group 3

hiragana character

hiragana writing

i-adjective

interjection

intransitive

itidan - group 2

kanji

kanji component

kanji writing

katakana character

katakana writing

na-adjective

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

pronoun

proper noun

reading vocabulary

sentence

suffix

transitive

verb

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Question	Answer
I saw a Japanese car.	日に本ほん　の　車くるま　を　見みました。nihon no kuruma wo mimasita.
student	学がく生せいgakusei
I am a Japanese (language) student.	私わたし　は　日に本ほん語ご　の　学がく生せい　です。watasi ha nihongo no gakusei desu.
You are a Japanese student^{having the Japanese nationality}.	あなた　は　日に本ほん人じん　の　学がく生せい　です。anata ha nihonzin no gakusei desu.
jogging, jog	ジョギングzyogingu
yesterday	昨き日のうkinou
Yesterday we did a thirty minute jog.	昨き日のう　私わたしたち　は　三さん十じゅっ分ぷん　の　ジョギング　を　しました。kinou watasitati ha sanzyuppun no zyogingu wo simasita.
There are four plates.	四よん枚まい　の　皿さら　が　あります。yonmai no sara ga arimasu.
I want three photos.	三さん枚まい　の　写しゃ真しん　が　ほしい　です。sanmai no syasin ga hosii desu.

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