As Derek mentioned in his postscript, both こと and の are nominalizers that can turn a verb into a noun. ピアノを弾く【ひく】。 I play the piano. ピアノを弾く【ひく】のが好き【すき】です。 I like …

Someone told me that these aren't actually particles, but they're separate particles put together. I vaguely have an understanding of には and では but it's とは、のが、 and のは that confuse me a …

Mar 18, 2024 · のを, のに, のは, のが In these cases, の is a nominalizer following a verb phrase, and the other part is a perfectly ordinary particle following a noun, which works the same way that it …

The nominalisation occurs with just の. を and が are case markers and the choice between them depends on the other part of the sentence; whether a verb that assigns a を argument is used, or a …

What are the grammar rules here? 何なにをするのが好すきですか？ Nani wo suru no ga suki desu ka? Why "no ga"? Why before "suki"? Where can I read about this?

The following sentence means "seeing all the different foreign people was interesting." This, according to my Japanese friends is incorrect: 色々な外国人を見ているは面白かった。 ... and this is correct:

Dec 31, 2016 · What's the difference? How do you know when to use one vs. the other? I'm asking because I said 「話｛はな｝すことを止｛や｝める」, but was corrected to 「話｛はな｝すの...」 …

Listening to the first Pimsleur Japanese audiobook and I'm having a hard time recognizing the words its saying. It says to say "I want to go shopping" and then in Japanese says something that sound...

Jan 4, 2026 · The Japanese Wikipedia article about 玉部 says this about 王 radical: 偏旁としてはもっぱら声符として使われる。 As a radical (王) is used (exclusively? / mainly?) as a phonetic …

Dec 20, 2013 · How about this: 彼女たちは 日本語を 勉強したことが あります。 Kanojo-tachi wa nihon-go o benkyō shita koto ga arimasu. Them girls studied Japanese at least once. "koto" turns …