Japanese

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	One way to express the sentence <strong>Yuko's eyes are big</strong> in Japanese would be<strong><ruby>ゆこさんの目meは大ooきいです</ruby></strong>, which is perfectly acceptable. 
	However, using the particle <strong>は</strong>, we could write the sentence without the possessive particle <strong>の</strong> like this:
	<strong><ruby>ゆこさんは目meが大ooきいです</ruby></strong>.
</p>

<p>
	In the latter sentence, which sounds more natural in Japanese,  we do not have to directly specify that the big eyes are Yuko's.
	It is inferred that they belong to her because she is the topic of the sentence.
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	The table below includes more examples of this pattern using <strong>は</strong> instead of <strong>の</strong>.
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Using は to indicate possession instead 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	彼かの女じょ　は　新あたらしい　絵え　が　とても　きれい　です。kanozyo ha atarasii e ga totemo kirei desu.
Meaning	Her new paintings are really beautiful.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	Using は to indicate possession instead of の

to be	ですdesu
topic particle	はha
pretty, beautiful; clean	きれいkirei
subject particle	がga
she	彼かの女じょkanozyo
new	新あたらしいatarasii
picture; drawing; painting; sketch	絵えe
very, extremely	とてもtotemo

Japanese - kanozyo ha atarasii e ga totemo kirei desu.

Breakdown of kanozyo ha atarasii e ga totemo kirei desu.

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