The の Particle
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The の-Particle: #1 "My Precious"Here we look at how the の-Particle is used to join two nouns together and show ownership.
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The の-Particle:
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Nominalizing Clauses using 事 and のHere we show how to nominalize clauses. Turn "I eat" into "I like eating".
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Compound Particle のにHere we look at のに and how it is used to create sentences pertaining to "despite", "however", and "even though".
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Compound Particle のでHere we look at ので, which is similar to 'The Extended Predicate' (below). This compound particle generally has the meaning of "because", or "due to".
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The Extended Predicate: のですThe extended predicate is actually very similar to ので, but functions differently. Sentences ending in the extended predicate - some form of のです - are generally explanatory in nature. "It's that..." is a decent translation.
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