Japanese

<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>.
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<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.
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<p>
	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

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	日に本ほん　の　車くるま　を　見みました。 nihon no kuruma wo mimasita.
Meaning	I saw a Japanese car.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

possessive case particle	の no
car	車くるま kuruma
Japan	日に本ほん nihon
to see; to look at; to watch	見みる miru
direct object particle	を wo

Japanese

nihon no kuruma wo mimasita.

Breakdown of nihon no kuruma wo mimasita.

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