I'm still a little confused on the nuances of the の particle. For example, let's say "I played Dota 2." Would that be
"Dota 2のゲームをしました。"
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Sign up to join this communityI'm still a little confused on the nuances of the の particle. For example, let's say "I played Dota 2." Would that be
"Dota 2のゲームをしました。"
I understand your tendency to want to use の
in this case. However when you want to introduce the name of something, you should use という
. (assuming you are introducing it for the first time). So you could say, Dota2というゲームをしました。
If the game is mutually understood you can just say Dota2をしました。
I think you are right. In this case, の binds the two nouns together.
Of course, there are other cases where you use の with a different meaning, but in your case, it seems right.