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I was having a discussion with someone over the sentence
私の作った絵を使った! (He) used the drawing I made
I have never seen the possessive の being used as NOUN + の + VERB (only N+の+N) so I insisted the sentence should be written as
私が作った絵を使った
Who is correct here? Is the "NOUN + possessive の + VERB" construction a valid one to make?
Hopefully I will be able to clarify this to you.
The の between 私 and 作った絵 makes perfect sense if you look at the verb as you would look at a modifier/adjective.
Few examples:
買った本 - book that was bought 書いた手紙 - letter that was written 走っている子供 - child that is running
Even though, you're using a verb, it acts and modifies the noun as an adjective, that's why you can treat it as a noun phrase.
Hopefully you got it by now. If you need some more help, let me know :)
