Lesson 39
Base 3 + no wa
Do you remember koto, which was introduced back in Lesson 31? The no in no wa plays the same role, and is the easiest way to make a noun out of a verb: yomu (to read) + no (wa) (the thing of) = yomu no wa ([the thing of] reading [is]). Wa is the subject indicator. Look at these examples:
- Yomu no wa tanoshii desu. (Reading is enjoyable.)
- Nihongo o hanasu no wa kantan desu. (Speaking Japanese is easy.)
- Hayaku okiru no wa tokidoki muzukashii desu. (Getting up early is sometimes difficult.)
- Kasei ni sumu no wa mada fukanou desu. (Living on Mars is not yet possible.)
- Hawaii ni iku no wa saikou desu! (Going to Hawaii is great!)
Please remember that there are other no's, mainly the one used for possessives, like our ['s], as in:
- Jim no jisho wa ao de, boku no wa aka desu. (Jim's dictionary is blue; mine is red.)
and the one used with aru or nai to show the existence or non-existence of something, as in:
- Hontou ni mondai no nai tabi deshita. (It really was a problem-free trip.)
Word Check
tanoshii: fun, enjoyable
hanasu: to speak, talk
kantan: easy
tokidoki: sometimes
muzukashii: hard, difficult
kasei: Mars
sumu: to live
mada: not yet; still not
fukanou: not possible, impossible
saikou: great; the greatest; the best
jisho: dictionary
ao: the color blue
aka: red
hontou (ni): real(ly)
mondai: problem, question
nai: to not be; to not exist
tabi: trip
(Verbs are shown in their plain form.)
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