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〜の (the one): the one (stands in for a noun)

N5 · 04 Adjectives and comparing

After an adjective, a noun or a clause, の stands in for a noun that is already known: "the one that …".

赤いの = the red one, 私の = mine, 昨日買ったの = the one I bought yesterday. Possessive の links two nouns (私の本); nominalizing の turns a clause into a noun (泳ぐのが好き). This one replaces the noun itself.

Examples

赤あかいのが欲ほしいです。

I want the red one.

これは私わたしのです。

This is mine.

新あたらしいのはありますか。

Do you have a new one?

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