Can someone tell me all the usages of the particle のparticles always trick me out because I get it sometimes but then the other times I don’t because people keep bringing up there’s more usages of it and I try really hard to figure out how to use them correctly but I always do it incorrectly so can someone show me all the usages with examples thank you 🙏
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I quite like the explanation in this article:
[https://m.japanesemeow.com/japanese-grammar-lessons/possession-and-position-with-no/](https://m.japanesemeow.com/japanese-grammar-lessons/possession-and-position-with-no/)
How far along is your Japanese learning? Seeing all of the usages may confuse you further. Besides, all of the usages will be too much to post here. I would get a grammar book or search on the internet to start.
How far are you? Also, if you can’t *understand* something yet, you certainly shouldn’t try to use it
[https://www.imabi.net/theparticleno.htm](https://www.imabi.net/theparticleno.htm)
[https://www.imabi.net/theparticlenoii.htm](https://www.imabi.net/theparticlenoii.htm)
which usages are you already familiar with?
Most common usage is to indicate possession:
私の食べ物 (my food)
or to nominalize verbs (similar to こと, but a little more personal):
食べるのが好き (I like to eat)
There’s also のだ, which another sort of nominalization and I believe is technically an adaptation of ので, but it’s most often contracted as -んだ. This one is harder to translate, but given the utterance:
食べたんだ！
I like to think of it as “Oh, so you ate!”
It kind of alludes to some context:
*Someone starts putting his shoes on*
どこに行くんですか？ (So, where are you going?)
This form can be a little more complicated than this, but that’s a basic idea.
* Disclaimer, this is based on my observations as an L2 speaker of Japanese, so if someone with more experience can clarify any mistakes, please do!