Understanding the particle の when used with the verb 知る


I was looking at the title of the song

> きみ の しらない ものがたり

I thought translated into something like

> Your Unknown Story

but it was actually

> The Story You Don't Know

I'm confused as to why its translated like this.

If the の here shows possession, and the verb しらない means "I don't know" it
should be Your unknown story shouldn't it?




See [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12825/how-does-
the-%E3%81%AE-work-
in-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E/12826).
**snailboat** puts it rather nicely.

In short, it may make more sense to think about it as [ きみ **が** しらない ] ものがたり
(and in fact, they are equivalent).

The subject of しらない is implied to be きみ, and thus the title can be translated
as:

the story you (the subject) don't know

The title could only be translated to "your unknown story" if the subject
could be inferred to be "everyone else".




See [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12825/how-does-
the-%E3%81%AE-work-
in-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E/12826).
**snailboat** puts it rather nicely.

In short, it may make more sense to think about it as [ きみ **が** しらない ] ものがたり
(and in fact, they are equivalent).

The subject of しらない is implied to be きみ, and thus the title can be translated
as:

the story you (the subject) don't know

The title could only be translated to "your unknown story" if the subject
could be inferred to be "everyone else".

