A question in Japanese
わたし は ともだち と いっしょ に えいが に いく のが だいすきです。What is the purpose of の here? Are のが together a particle? Or do いく の together become a noun for いく?
冷蔵庫 の 中 に なんぼんか 牛乳 が あります か. What is the meaning of なんぼん here?
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A question in Japanese
1. わたし は ともだち と いっしょ に えいが に いく のが だいすきです。What is the purpose of の here? Are のが together a particle? Or do いく の together become a noun for いく?As Daniel described, いくの is same as いくこと and the gerund of いく.
2. 冷蔵庫 の 中 に なんぼんか 牛乳 が あります か. What is the meaning of なんぼん here?
The correct sentence is 冷蔵庫の中になんぼん牛乳がありますか？
なんぼん means "How many?" 本(bon) is a counter word.
You can see more details about counter words here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word
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The explanation of の after a verb by Daniel is perfect. So I'll try explaining for the next question.
いくつ means how many. いくつか means some/any.
かばんが いくつ ありますか。>> How many bags are there?
かばんが いくつか ありますか。>> Are there any bags?
Milk bottle is counted like いっぽん, にほん, さんぼん, よんほん, ごほん, ろっぽん, ななほん, はっぽん, きゅうほん, じゅっぽん, ...
なんぼん means how many milk bottles. なんぼんか means some/any milk bottles.
牛乳がなんぼんありますか。>> How many milk bottles are there?
牛乳がなんぼんかありますか。>> Are there any milk bottles?
FYI
なに means what, なにか means something/anything.
なにが ほしいですか。>> What do you want?
なにか ほしいですか。>> Do you want anything?
Does this help you?
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ありがとうございました！
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Hi Rebecca,
As you guessed, adding の after a verb turns it into a noun. いくの roughly means いくこと.
You can read more here: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/nounparticles
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