Main Question: **How can you tell the correct order of x の y (i.e. x の y
**VS** y の x)**

Where my confusion lies:

I kind of understand this particle, but sometimes it can be confusing. In my
Japanese class, we described it's use as: x の y where y is the
subject/base/main idea, and x is the descriptor/specification. we also talked
about it showing possession.

My confusion comes from phrases or noun conjunctions like these:

しゅっしんのトロントです。 **vs** トロントのしゅっしんです。

Neither are worded well (しゅっしんはトロントです would be 10x better I think, but this is
just for example purposes).

When you read these two sentences, or if you are given any two sentences for
that matter, how do you tell if it is nonsense grammatically or not. I was
told that しゅっしんのトロントです is not nonsense, but it doesn't make intuitive sense to
me...

Like, しゅっしん means one's origin, so shouldn't トロントのしゅっしん work, since toronto
makes one's origin more specific (i.e. tells you where the person's origin
is). How does しゅっしんのトロント (toronto as ones origin rather than ones origin being
toronto) make more sense?

For that matter, what's the difference between x の y and xy?

Ex: ...しゅっしんのトロントです。AND (わたしは or something)しゅっしんトロントです。
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grammar particle-の
Correct use and order of two nouns and the particle の
の particle is used for belongings.  
**You can use it like this:** トロントのしゅっしんです

**Like this one:** トロントのひとです。
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