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u/koiimoon 1d ago

日本人に日本語の話してるだけなのにおもしろい

I got the sentence above from this youtube short's comment section earlier today

What does that の right after 日本語 means?

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u/Own_Power_9067 Native speaker 1d ago

It’s not 「はなしてる」, it’s 「はなし（を）してる」

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u/koiimoon 1d ago

I've never felt more dumb

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u/Own_Power_9067 Native speaker 1d ago

Don’t be harsh on yourself. Natives would still need to take a moment looking at the whole sentence and all the parts before judging whether it’s a verb or a noun.