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yea ... what does の mean? n tell me more kanji n how to say it... im kinda in trouble with learning japanese...

2007-10-24 13:07:07 · 6 answers · asked by DBSK<3 1 in Society & Culture Languages

6 answers

John's flower = John no Hana
Say that you have a [Noun A] の [Noun B], it means that [Noun B] belongs to [Noun A]

Examples:
四月の桜(Shigatsu no Sakura) = Cherry blossoms of April
四月 (しがつ) [Shigatsu] = 4th Month (April)
桜 (さくら ) [Sakura] = Cherry blossom
Better if you translate it to Sakura of Shigatsu (cherry blossoms of April)

私の物 (Watashi no Mono) = Things of mine
私 (わたし) [Watashi] = Me / I (First Person pronoun)
物 (もの) [Mono] = Things / Objects

ジョンの花
ジョン [Jyon] = John (representing the sound / phonetic using katakana (Japanese alphabets mostly representing foreign words)
花 (はな) [Hana] = Flower


Edit:
It's the other way around, not ___ of ___, you need to flip it
It's like Chinese's 的 (te4)
Example:
本の学生 (Hon no Gakusei), means Student of Book (Book's student), not Book of Student (student's book). It's a weird statement.

If I want to say my book, I would say
私の本 (Watashi no Hon)

rather than 本の私 (Hon no Watashi)

2007-10-24 13:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by sub 4 · 3 0

I know that this symbol is "no" and is usually used as a possessive for example, John's flower would be hana no jonu. It's also used for dates such as the 5th of September is go no kyu gatsu (I'm using romanji because I can't draw the Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji).

Hope that helps a little.

2007-10-24 13:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by Asha 3 · 1 0

its a hiragana symbol, just like a letter from the alphabet
it means ´no´

2007-10-24 13:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

の
particle

野
or field

2007-10-24 23:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by ケチャッパー 4 · 0 0

That's no, the Japanese possessive particle.
The phrase goes ___ no ____
= ___ of ____.
Hon no gakusei= book of student = the student's book.

2007-10-24 14:19:57 · answer #5 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1 0

Its a symbol for the sound no

2007-10-24 13:37:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

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