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>.
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<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	目めme
Meaning	eye
Part of speech	noun
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	Using は to indicate possession instead of の

Yuko's eyes are big.	ゆこ　さん　の　目め　は　大おおきい　です。yuko san no me ha ookii desu.
Yuko has big eyes.	ゆこ　さん　は　目め　が　大おおきい　です。yuko san ha me ga ookii desu.
It is Yuko whose eyes are big.	ゆこ　さん　が　目め　が　大おおきい　です。yuko san ga me ga ookii desu.
He strained (his) eyes by reading too much.	彼かれ　は　読どく書しょ　の　しすぎ　で　目め　を　痛いためた。kare ha dokusyo no sisugi de me wo itameta. Sentence from Tatoeba
(He) has cold eyes.	冷つめたい　目め　を　して　います。tumetai me wo site imasu.
(He) has brown eyes.	茶ちゃ色いろい　目め　を　して　いる。tyairoi me wo site iru.

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