Difference between かわいいのは私です and かわいいの私です?


Can someone **check** and **explain the difference** , along with **literal
translations** , between these two sentences for me?

かわいいのは私です and かわいいの私です.

I got the former as an answer to one of my questions and came up with the
latter after reading an article about no-adjectives. I believe they both mean
the same thing, but I'm not too sure because of the は particle and when given
more context.

Thanks!




The former, かわいいのは私です is correct, and means "It is me who is cute." It's a
_cleft sentence_ made from a very simple sentence 私はかわいいです ("I am cute"). See
[this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/19208/5010) for details
about cleft sentences. This の functions as a "placeholder", like _it_ in "
_It_ is me who is cute."

かわいい is a typical **_i_ -adjective**, and it doesn't work as a no-adjective or
a noun. かわいいの私です doesn't make sense.




The former, かわいいのは私です is correct, and means "It is me who is cute." It's a
_cleft sentence_ made from a very simple sentence 私はかわいいです ("I am cute"). See
[this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/19208/5010) for details
about cleft sentences. This の functions as a "placeholder", like _it_ in "
_It_ is me who is cute."

かわいい is a typical **_i_ -adjective**, and it doesn't work as a no-adjective or
a noun. かわいいの私です doesn't make sense.

