関係代名詞の使い方, part 12: 関係詞節の主語

I want to talk about leaving out relative pronouns in relative clauses. Before that, we should talk about the subject of the relative clause.

• 主語 (しゅご) (n) (ling) subject; (P);
• 関係詞節 relative clause
  

• Some noodles are shown in this photo.
• The noodles are sesame sauce noodles.
• The noodles that are shown in this photo are sesame sauce noodles.
• 胡麻 (ごま) (n) (uk) sesame (seeds);

The subject of the relative clause is "noodles".

• The noodles were delicious and reminded me of Taiwan.
• A Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant in Yokohama serves them.
• The noodles, which a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant in Yokohama serves, were delicious and reminded me of Taiwan.

In this case, "noodles" is the object of the verb "serves".

• I ate them at a restaurant.
• The restaurant is owned by a Taiwanese couple who have lived in Yokohama for more than 20 years.
• The restaurant which I ate them at is owned by a Taiwanese couple who have lived in Yokohama for more than 20 years.
• 有する (ゆうする) (vs-s) to own; to be endowed with; (P);

In this case, "restaurant" belongs to a prepositional phrase. It's not the subject or object.

Here's a page about the restaurant in Japanese:

http://r.tabelog.com/kanagawa/A1401/A140105/14009294/

They only gave the restaurant three stars, but I really like it. I go there every time I go to Yokohama. Try it if you get a chance.

More on 関係代名詞 soon.