Home Japanese In Genki the sentence: アリゾナだいがくのがくせいです。comes up. Can you tell me why there isn’t another の in between Arizona and daigaku?JJapaneseIn Genki the sentence: アリゾナだいがくのがくせいです。comes up. Can you tell me why there isn’t another の in between Arizona and daigaku?July 30, 20233 comments In Genki the sentence: アリゾナだいがくのがくせいです。comes up. Can you tell me why there isn’t another の in between Arizona and daigaku? Tags:Japanese 3 commentsIt’s being used as the name of a specific university.As I understand it, the way it is written means “Arizona University” With an added “no” it would be “Arizona’s university”Which isn’t really THAT weird but it doesn’t seem that particle no is used for school names.People would still understand what you mean, but it would sound strange.アリゾナだいがく means Arizona University or Arizona college whereas アリゾナのだいがく means a college in ArizonaLeave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
As I understand it, the way it is written means “Arizona University” With an added “no” it would be “Arizona’s university”Which isn’t really THAT weird but it doesn’t seem that particle no is used for school names.People would still understand what you mean, but it would sound strange.
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It’s being used as the name of a specific university.
As I understand it, the way it is written means “Arizona University”
With an added “no” it would be “Arizona’s university”
Which isn’t really THAT weird but it doesn’t seem that particle no is used for school names.
People would still understand what you mean, but it would sound strange.
アリゾナだいがく means Arizona University or Arizona college whereas アリゾナのだいがく means a college in Arizona