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I translaed the first line of しろくまカフェ to:

> 笹{ささ}を 食{た}べながらのんびりするのは 最高{さいこう}だなあ
>
> Eating bamboo while relaxing is the best

But there are a couple of particles that I wasn't quite sure of. Any advice
would be much appreciated.

  1. **するの** : I understand that `のんびり` is a so-called "する verb", so this takes する at the end to turn it into a verb, but what role does the の particle play here? I normally undersatnd it to be the possessive (mine, his, yours etc) but does it play a different role here?

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particle-の nominalization
Question about するの
In this case, it turns the verb into a noun. In order to comment on the nature
of the activity of eating bamboo while lying around, you first have to turn it
into a noun phrase, and の does that here.

こと can be used to create noun phrases as well, but there are cases where they
are not interchangeable.

I recommend reading the [imabi
article](http://www.imabi.net/nominalization.htm) on the subject.
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