I'm pretty new to Japanese.
I'm working my way through a children's book, もり の なか, a translation of In the Forest.
I'm working on this sentence:
けれども、ぼくを みると、 あそぶのを やめて さ けびました。
In the original, it's the second half of
I'm trying to understand the の in あそびのを .
It seems like it's turning the dictionary form of "play", あそぶ, into a noun, maybe? I tend to think of the を particle being attached to nouns.
I tried turning to Japanese the Manga Way and Japanese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar for help; I didn't find anything in the latter, but I found some info on what JtMW calls the "explanatory の", which seems to add emphasis or suggest explanation.
Can anyone help me understand what the の means and why it's there?
Thank you!
I'm working my way through a children's book, もり の なか, a translation of In the Forest.
I'm working on this sentence:
けれども、ぼくを みると、 あそぶのを やめて さ けびました。
In the original, it's the second half of
"Two little monkeys high up in the trees
Stopped playing and shouted when they saw me."
I'm trying to understand the の in あそびのを .
It seems like it's turning the dictionary form of "play", あそぶ, into a noun, maybe? I tend to think of the を particle being attached to nouns.
I tried turning to Japanese the Manga Way and Japanese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar for help; I didn't find anything in the latter, but I found some info on what JtMW calls the "explanatory の", which seems to add emphasis or suggest explanation.
Can anyone help me understand what the の means and why it's there?
Thank you!