にほんご１３１ The Use of の Linking Two Nouns

N 1 の　N 2　

A. The relationship often indicates Possession, so it might function like an apostrophe in English

１、わたし　の　せんこう= My major　

２、X−さん　の　ほん　= X's book

３、せんせい　の 　いす = Teacher's chair

４、がくせい　の 　いす　= the student's chair

５、わたし　の　せんせい　= my teacher/professor/

６、わたし　の　にほんご　の　せんせい　

７、わたし　の　ともだち = my friend

８、Alice-さん　の　せんこう

 

B. Indicates a Link, so is like "Of, In or At"

９、しんりがく　の　せんこう = the major of....

１０, Willamette だいがく の　がくせい= a student at/of　

１１、れきし　の　せんこう = the major of history

１２、Salem の Resutoran = a Salem restaurant

　

C. Also indicates Affliation or Membership = the Name of the Institution or Affiliation comes First:

１３、とうきょう　だいがく　の　がくせい=

A student at　Tokyo University

１４、とうきょう　だいがく　の　うえだ　せんせい

Prof. Ueda of Tokyo University　

１５、IBM　の　あおきさん = Mr. Aoki OF IBM　

１６、HAL Japan の　さとうさん =

Mr. Sato of HAL, Japan

１７、eBay の Smith-さん

Mr. Smith of eBay

 

D. Location:

1８, Mexico　の　うち =

The house (located) in Mexico

 

D. The Appositive = one noun equated to another:

Host Family の　すずきさん

Lausanne の　Alice-san =

Alice who lives in Lausanne

 

 

Practice:

Your book/pen/えんぴつ

Your chair　（いす）

Your university

Your major

X−さん's major/college/pen/chair/かばん

A student AT Nihon Daigaku

Mr. Smith of Amazon.com

Mr. Tanaka of Google

Professor Thorsett of Willamette University

 

Introduce Smith, Tanaka or Thorsett saying:

こちらは _＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿です。

 

Introduce your friend (can be imaginary friend!)

X-さん　は　わたし　の　ともだち　です。

X−さん　の　だいがく　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿だいがく　です。

せんこう　は　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿です。