The usage of no(の)

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1. It’s pretty much just a different way of saying the sentence, literally as “my eating is slow.” The の is there to change the verb, 食べる, “to eat,” into a noun (like “eat” into “eating” in English), and then the が is there to mark it as the topic.

   if you need me to elaborate on anything, I gladly will 🙂

2. Nominalizarion, makes the verb into a noun

3. make verb into noun.

   you can also use こと in most places you can use this.

   you can use just about any verb but watch out for だ/です which becomes **な**の

   you can use just about any particle you could normally use with a noun, this includes のの sometimes. I’m bad at thinking of examples sorry

4. Op, I still remember the sentence that made this make sense to me literally 20 years ago.

   I knew how to say I like [noun]. X が 好き but I wasn’t sure how to say “I like TO DO x”

   Eg:

   I like music = 音楽が好き　(おんがくがすき)

   But I wanted to say “I like listening to music”…

   To listen to music/Listening to music = 音楽を聴く
   (おんがく を きく)

   To use the x が すき construction we need to use の

   音楽を聴くのが好き　(おんがく をきくの が すき)

   The の helped me see that it turned the sentence of 音楽を聴く(to listen to music) into a noun that could then be treated as such! Made it all click!

5. の changes preceding sentence/phrase as a noun. おすし　を　食べる　の　が好き　です　
   の　makes おすしを　食べる　as a noun
   I like eating sushi.

6. Consider these (intentionally grammatically incorrect) example sentences:

   * My eat is slow.
   * 私は食べるが遅いです。

   vs.

   * My eat**ing** is slow.
   * 私は食べる**の**が遅いです。

    

   Adding -ing to English verbs has several uses, but one of those uses is to make verbs function as nouns, which is what の is doing when it’s attached to verbs.

7. You can also end sentences with it to make casual questions. 寝ての？