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So, I've reached a spoken language topic and encountered difficulties with
understanding those particles that are used in spoken language. Particularly
with の. My book says that, for example, の combined with よ (部屋の中には暖かい **のよ** )
means that a person is completely sure about their statement. I don't really
understand the purpose of の itself in this case but I guess I just have to
remember this so it's not really a problem, even though I'd like to know の's
function here.

In an interrogative question the function of の is crystal clear so it's not a
problem, I guess.

The problem is in understanding its meaning/function in the following
sentence:

> とても気持ちがいいの。（とても気持ちがいいのです。）

The book says that の is just a short form of のです but gives zero explanations
on this one, that's why I'm asking you for help. I'd like to know its function
and semantic purpose, and, if possible, I'd like you to give me literal
translation of the sentence.

Thank you.

P.S. I apologize for creating this topic, because it already might exist here
but I couldn't find any info about my specific situation (maybe my English is
just a bit limited to understand some of the answers).
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grammar meaning particle-の spoken-language
の and のです. What’s their semantic purpose and meaning?
First, …のよ is not a standard form, which is のだよ or のですよ, but a kind of slang
for feminine speech or slightly vulgar manish speech.

のだ form represents your judgement/conjecture or explanation for what an
instance on topic means or what lies behind it. For example, given a situation
where the road is wet, you could say 雨が降ったのだ.

よ represents that there's a gap between the speaker and the listener in terms
of recognition. (That doesn't mean the listener simply doesn't know the
information.) However, it doesn't guarantee certainty of the speaker's
recognition. In practice, implication of gap functions variously as prompting
the listener to take proper actions or seeking the listener's understanding to
fill the gap. After that, if you add よ to 電話してね: "Be sure to give me a call",
i.e. 電話してよね, it implies that you are not trusting the listener.

> My book says that, for example, の combined with よ (部屋の中 ~~に~~ は暖かいのよ) means
> that a person is completely sure about their statement

So, that's not true. For one thing, you can imagine a preceding question "why
don't they need heavy coats?".
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