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andycarmenjapanese8100
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Na no

Postby andycarmenjapanese8100 » June 19th, 2014 1:06 am

うん、でも肝心なのは料理を味わうセンスだな。まあ、これを食べてみてくれ。最近の自信作なんだ。
Un, demo kanjin na no wa ryōri o ajiwau sensu da na. Mā, kore o tabete mite kure. Saikin no jishinsaku nanda.
Uh-huh. But the most important thing is the sense of taste for distinguishing ingredients. Here, try this. It's my specialty.


What's this "na no"?

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Re: Na no

Postby mmmason8967 » June 19th, 2014 7:02 am

Well, kanjin is a na-adjective so the na is just the na that normally follows it. The no then nominalises kanjin-na. Overall I think it works like the "one" in "the most important one is ...", where "one" usually means "of these", referring to a list of some kind.

For example, you could say "cookery requires many skills" (or maybe you could ask "what skils are required for cookery?") and follow up with:-

kanjin na no wa <cookery-skill> da.

Or you might say "cookery requires patience, dedication and a bag of nails" but then go on to point out that the most important thing is not one of those but something else:-

demo kanjin na no wa <additional-cookery-skill> da.

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andycarmenjapanese8100
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Re: Na no

Postby andycarmenjapanese8100 » June 19th, 2014 2:00 pm

Nominalising adjectives? I think I'm going to need to search for that. Sounds fun. :|

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Re: Na no

Postby community.japanese » June 22nd, 2014 5:54 am

andy san,

As マイケルsan said , that is part of na-adjective and a nominalizer.


マイケルさん、
どうもありがとうございました。

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