便利な工具 what does な means


What does the な in the center means.Is it a particle.




The word 便利 is a so-called な-adjective. When な-adjectives directly modify a
noun, な has to be added between it and the noun it's modifying (hence the
name).

So, "便利な工具" means "a handy/useful tool".

As for your second question: You can call it a particle in the sense that it's
a small word which serves a grammatical function, but I don't know if a
linguist or grammarian would actually classify it as such.

