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I was looking at the title of the song

> きみ の しらない ものがたり

I thought translated into something like

> Your Unknown Story

but it was actually

> The Story You Don't Know

I'm confused as to why its translated like this.

If the の here shows possession, and the verb しらない means "I don't know" it
should be Your unknown story shouldn't it?
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grammar verbs conjugations
Understanding the particle の when used with the verb 知る
See [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12825/how-does-
the-%E3%81%AE-work-
in-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E/12826).
**snailboat** puts it rather nicely.

In short, it may make more sense to think about it as [ きみ **が** しらない ] ものがたり
(and in fact, they are equivalent).

The subject of しらない is implied to be きみ, and thus the title can be translated
as:

the story you (the subject) don't know

The title could only be translated to "your unknown story" if the subject
could be inferred to be "everyone else".
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> 「きみ **の** しらない ものがたり」

In this phrase, 「の」 means the same thing as 「が」, the subject marker. It does
not express possession.

Thus, that phrase means "the story that you do not know of".

Other examples of this use of 「の」.

「ボク **の** [食]{た}べたピザは1,000[円]{えん}でした。」"The pizza that I ate was 1,000 yen."

「スミスさん **の** [住]{す}んでいる[町]{まち}はきれいです。」"The town Smith lives in is pretty."

**IMPORTANT** : This use of 「の」 is only possible in sub-clauses, not in main-
clauses.
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