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N5

の

Verb nominalizer, The one who..., That which...

沢山たくさん食たべるのは彼かれです。

He is the one that eats a lot.

Explanation

「の」 turns an action into a noun, so that it can take particles like 「は」, 「が」 and 「を」: 「泳ぐのが好きです」 (I like swimming), 「走っているのは彼です」 (The one running is him). It goes after the plain form of a verb.

Mixed up with

With things you directly sense, such as seeing and hearing, only 「の」 works: 「子供が遊んでいるのを見る」.

Verbs of waiting and stopping also take 「の」.

Verbs of telling and conveying, and fixed patterns like 「ことができる」 and 「ことがある」, take only 「こと」.

With like, dislike, good at and bad at, 「の」 is the usual choice.

Examples

  1. 私わたしはバスに乗のるのが嫌きらいです。

    I don't like riding the bus.

  2. 読よむのは私わたしです。

    I am the one who reads.

  3. 彼かれは走はしるのが好すき。

    He likes running.

Tested 3 times in past papers

N3 · Dec 2021, Q42N4 · Dec 2013, Q41N4 · Jul 2010, Q42