When to use "no" in a sentence?

[いぬかみ]

I heard it was used for particles? I don't really understand when is no used in a sentence.

[クロネコ]

Space beams!

You can use "no" as a marker of possession

僕の猫だ。　That's my pussy.

As a pronoun thingy...I'd love to be able to tell you what a dependant indefinite pronoun is...but...I don't work at University!!

In simple terms though

昨日買ったのを食べた。 I ate the one I bought yesterday..which is one of those relative clause thingys.

You can use "no" when talking about sth. or doing sth.

哲子がセクスをするのを聞いた。　I heard Tetsuko having sex.

You can also use it as a particle at the end of a sentence like...

哲子！どうして泣いているの？　Tetsuko! Why are you crying?
　
本人はとても大きかったの！　The person in question was very big.

Be careful when using "no" at the end of a sentence because it can come across as girly or childish..especially if you are pouting your lips at the same time.　

[いぬかみ]

wtf xD?


well that explained a lil bit but your explanations were odd.

[Ibez]

It also can replace が in certain cases.. I'm not the person to ask when because I don't know specifically.. just bringing it up, maybe someone can elaborate.

Example:

名前のない人
A nameless person

[joeycs]

It also can replace が in certain cases.. I'm not the person to ask when because I don't know specifically.. just bringing it up, maybe someone can elaborate.

Example:

名前のない人
A nameless person

Yeah i remember learning about that too last year when i did a module in classical Japanese and i think it comes from that...but then again i guess that's a given, considering the evolution of languages lol

[クロネコ]

It also can replace が in certain cases.. I'm not the person to ask when because I don't know specifically.. just bringing it up, maybe someone can elaborate.

Example:

名前のない人
A nameless person

This case you could think of の as equivelant to "with".

That is to say: A person with no name.

黒い眼の猫。
A black-eyed cat or a cat with black eyes.

Basic uses of の

's

ケンの友達。 Ken's friend. きょうの新聞。 Today's newspaper. 日本の食べ物。 Japan's food (or as we know it "Japanese food".)

at

大学の学生です。A student at University (or a University student).
8時のパーティ。The party at 8.

of

３分の１。　A third of. 一本のビル。　A bottle of beer. 日の出　Sunrise (or the rise of the sun).

about

数学の本です。 A book about math.

[クロネコ]

の can replace こと　and もの　in some sentences.

It does this when we want to express something we can see or feel close to.

僕は鳥が飛ぶことを見ていた。　or 僕は鳥が飛ぶのを見ていた。
I was watching the birds fly.

Japanese makes use of several particles, such as の no, もの mono and こと koto, for nominalization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_particles#no

[Chromedome]

You can say 'no' when you want to express the opposite of 'yes'.

Or like this...

No?

[Marius_II]

You can say 'no' when you want to express the opposite of 'yes'.

Or like this...

No?

Let me follow up on the legal repercussion on that note.

Sometimes you're thankfull for what repetitive no's can do for your climax, yet other times you curse the same no's while being handcuffed by people in uniforms. And not the kind of people who responds to your safewords.