の and not going to see a movie tomorrow...

[buck4155967]

I think that the one particle that I am struggling the most with is の。

Let's say that I want to say the following sentence:
I will not see the movie Elysium tomorrow at the Kabuki Theater.

The first draft of my sentence is:
わたしはあさって　こんばん　かぶき　の　えいがかん　の　Elysium で　みません。

But I'm not certain because of the の's.

[Teabag]

Buck San,
の is really annoying, isn't it?
It's on my top 3 crazy Japanese particles list.

Please take a look at your sentence again.
あさって means the day after tomorrow
こんばん is tonight.

For the word 見る（みる）, you need to use the particle をto
indicate its direct object , for example
1.えいがをみる See a movie
2.ショーをみる Watch a show

So, please check your own sentence again and give us an update!

[mewes6190]

I really like, how everyone struggles with other particles. Actually, の is one of the ones I know better about, as long as it's not at the end of a sentence... に and で I can never wrap my mind around.

Anyway, Teabag-san already gave you some good hints, where you might update your sentence. As for the のs, I'm pretty sure, that the second one is wrong, I think there needs to be another particle. The way you write it, it sounds more like "I won't watch the Kakubi-Theater's Elysium" which sounds weird. But not 100% sure about it.

Best
Kurokuma

[community.japanese]

buck4155967-san, Teabag-san, Kurokuma-san,
thank you very much for helps!

The particle の works pretty much like "of" in English. With explanations that Teabag-san and Kurokuma-san
wrote, we can fix the sentence better now, can't we?

Elysium で　みません。 sounds more like Elysium is the name of the place (= movie theatre)
because the particle で indicates the place where you watch, or in this case "not" watch.
(By the way, "Elysium" is the name of movie, right? Or did I understand wrong...? )
If it's "at the Kabuki Theater", it'd be
かぶき　えいがかん（Kabuki Theater）で


Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com