N5 grammar · Lesson 3

「の」: my book, a Japanese book, my friend Tanaka

これはわたしの本ほんです。

Join two nouns with 「の」 to say whose, what kind and from where; learn the short form 「わたしのです」; and see where 「の」 does not go.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「AのB」: whose
  2. 02Saying what kind: type, content, origin, affiliation
  3. 03「友ともだちの田中たなかさん」: saying who someone is
  4. 04「わたしのです」: leaving out the second noun
  5. 05「だれの」, 「どこの」, 「何なんの」
  6. 06Where 「の」 does not go

Practice

  • Match the Japanese to its meaning
  • Choose the meaning
  • 「の」 or no 「の」?
  • How would you ask or answer?
  • Fill in 「の」, 「は」 or 「も」
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order

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