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The Explanatory "んです"
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 15:39
You may have heard this quite a lot and wondered what it's all about! It is most often used, informally, when:
1) To explain something
2) To show emphasis
んです is short for のです; Informal usage;
plain form verb + んです
何をしているんですか。
nani o shite iru n desu ka .
Whatcha doing?テレビを見ているんです。
terebi o mite iru n desu.
Watching TV.
-i Adjective + んです
この映画は面白いんです。
kono eiga wa omoshiroi n desu.
This movie was great!
And it can be used as a way to stress a point
パーティに行かないでしょう。
pa-ti ni ikanai deshou
You won't be able to make it to the party, right?いいえ、僕は行くんです。
iie, boku wa iku n desu.
No, I'm going!
いったい、どうしたんですか?
ittai, doushita n desu.
Just what exactly happened (to you)!!!?
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