だれのですか／Nのです (dare no desu ka / N no desu) — Whose is it? / It is N's
The の for asking "whose?" and answering "mine / his" in short.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- To ask, use だれ (who) + の = だれの (whose): これはだれのかばんですか (Whose bag is this?).
- In the answer you need not repeat the word "bag" — の itself stands in for the thing: 私のです (It is mine), 田中さんのです (It is Tanaka's).
- In Nepali too we say "कस्को हो?" — "मेरो हो" without repeating "झोला"; Japanese works exactly the same way.
Versus what you know
In Lesson 1 we learned that の answers "whose?" (先生の本 = the teacher's book).
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
これはだれのかばんですか。
kore wa dare no kaban desu ka.
Whose bag is this?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) だれ (who) ──> [ + の ✅ ] ──> だれの (whose) ──> [ + かばん ] ──> だれのかばん (whose bag) ──> [ + ですか ] ──> a question.
私のです。
わたしのです。
It is mine.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 私 (I) ──> [ + の ✅ ] ──> 私の (my) ──> [ かばん ❌ no need to repeat it ] ──> [ + です ] ──> 私のです (it's mine).
そのかばんはキティさんのです。
sono kaban wa kitii-san no desu.
That bag is Kitty's.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) そのかばんは (as for that bag) ──> キティさん ──> [ + の ✅ ] ──> キティさんの (Kitty's) ──> [ + です ] ──> "it is Kitty's".
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
How do you ask "Whose book is this?"
💡 Hint: だれ + の = whose.
だれの本 = whose book.
"Whose bag is it?" — which is the short answer "It is mine"?
💡 Hint: の stands in for かばん.
私の + です = 私のです (It is mine). 私です would mean "I am".
Fill: そのかばんは田中さん＿です。("That bag is Tanaka's")
💡 Hint: The marker for "'s".
田中さんの + です = It is Tanaka's.
Your score: /3