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   Terry Wallwork (terrywallwork@mstdn.jp)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 22:34:56 JST Terry Wallwork

   Duolingo let me express mine hate hate hate for thee :)

   I'm going to guess my version was grammatical but not saying the right thing??

   Knowing people let me know :)

   #Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
   #LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Duolingo #DuolingoJapanese

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     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii (taiyo@ostatus.taiyolab.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 22:34:56 JST 藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii

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     @terrywallwork Your answer was wrong. 「の」 is a case particle. It makes previous word as status of following one. どこかの日本 means Japan which is somewhere.
     Correct answer 日本のどこか means somewhere place in Japan.

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     Terry Wallwork (terrywallwork@mstdn.jp)'s status on Monday, 20-Mar-2023 10:44:17 JST Terry Wallwork

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     • 藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii

     @taiyo
     Thanks. Hopefully I will remember this :)

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     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii (taiyo@ostatus.taiyolab.com)'s status on Monday, 20-Mar-2023 10:44:17 JST 藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii

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     @terrywallwork We Japanese often translate of to/from「の」 with "of" and replacing word order.

     日本のどこか -> Somewhere of Japan
     どこかの日本 -> Japan of somewhere

     となり'の'トトロ -> Totoro of Nearby

     Especially, when 「の」follows person or orgnizasion, 「の」 means following words belongs to previous word.

     ハウル'の'動く城 -> The Moving Castle of Haul's