Questions tagged [no-da]
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What does "なんだもんなあ" mean?
同じ部屋とかもう慣れてるはずなのに"
当たり前のようにダブルべっどなんだもんなぁ
In the first line the character is like "We should be already used to sleep in the same room and yet"
By context I can gather the character is ...
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What does かろう かろう なんだけどな mean?
まあ ごめんなさい。 この子 安酒の匂いがに苦手で。。。
"Ah, I'm sorry. This child is bad with the smell of cheap sake"
And his answer is
あ 匂っちゃったか~
安かろう美味かろうなんだけどな
ひっく!
"Ah, it stinks"
What exactly is ...
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Trying to break down 2 sentences (Genki lesson 15 dialogue 1)
Going through Genki and Lesson 15 has brought up 2 grammar points I can't figure really out.It would help me a lot if I understand how those two sentences are build up and why they need those parts.
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Is ので the same as のだ?
I find it suspicious they look similar and both function to give explanations. Is it just coincidence or is ので kind of like the て form/mid-sentence form of のだ?
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「だね」「だよね」と「のだね」「のだよね」の違い
以前、この四つの文の違いをネーティブに尋ねてみました。
「あまり好きじゃないね」
「あまり好きじゃないよね」
「あまり好きじゃないんだね」
「あまり好きじゃないんだよね」
その人によると、「ね」と「んだよね」の文は自分の好みを他人に話している感じで、「んだね」の文は話し相手から聞いた情報を自分で言い返している感じで、「よね」の文は他人の好みについて自分の推測か、...
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What's the implication of ん when not asking a question?
For the following:
食堂の食べ物はあまり好きじゃないんだ。
It says that "I don't really like the cafeteria's food". What's the significance in the ん near the end? Suppose it was dropped to make:
食堂の食べ物はあまり好きじゃないだ。
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んです Conjugation
We recently learned んです form in class and I think I understand when to use it. But I'm a little unclear about how conjugation of it works.
んです itself doesn't get conjugated, right? You conjugate the ...
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なんだけど Meaning and grammar patterns [duplicate]
I would like to know what (なんだけど / なんですが) means? I think these two forms are the same, but when I asked in class their meaning, I was told that they mean nothing, so I'm kinda confused.
For example, ...
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Use of の with かもしれない
北海道の海岸に向かう途中で、川に入ってしまったのかもしれません。
They might have ended up entering the river en route to the Hokkaido coast.
What is の (in bold) doing in this sentence? It was my understanding that かもしれない came ...
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どうしたの, どうした, どうしたんですか, どうしましたか？
どうしたの
どうした
どうしたんですか
どうしましたか
They all mean what happened. But what's the difference in between? Feel free to add examples. Thanks!
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Why no んです in お花見の時はどこへ行っても、人がいっぱいです?
My question is, when の/んです の/んだ refers to a situation or state of being, as per the following example:
クリスマスの前デパートはいつも込んでいるんです。Before Christmas, the department stores are crowded.
...why is it ...
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Help with ゃったって and なん
I need help to understand some grammar in this sentence
何度ゃったって
結果は同じだ
それが世界の真理なんだ
So I translated it for "no matter how many times I will try, the result will be the same. that's the truth of this ...
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Is なの the casual form of んです or is んだ?
For example:
なぜなの？
なぜなんですか
なぜなんだ？
Do those sentences have the same meaning?
I also learnt that there is an even more formal way to express the んです and is with のです and のだ.
And I also ...
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Negative questions + の
First I'm kinda confused. I'm concerned if these 2 questions bring the same nuance or not... "Isn't he young?" and "He is not young? / He isn't young?". Both sounds quite different ...
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Difference between の and から for denoting a reason/explanation
So I remember that back in the day I learnt that things in Japanese were explained by using から or an explanatory particle の and then the more formal version of から is ので.
Ever since then I've just ran ...
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Using verb + "n desu", "n da" in questions and in statements and with no confirmation
Are the following phrases exactly the same in terms of meaning? And are they all correct in terms of grammar? Can I use them interchangably?
tokyo e iku
tokyo e iku n
tokyo e iku no da
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the meaning of たまに and んだ
たまに would mean occasionally/once in a while right?
how can we translate んだ in this context? or is it just an expression?
if the translation is wrong, do tell me.
Text: たまにはなプレゼントをもらっていいと思うんだ。
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How do the は and が function here?
受験生は夏休みが勝負なのよ?
So since there is no verb here, how do the は and が function here?
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Could there be an 'invisible' "should" in this sentence? 携帯番号交換しとくんだったな
携帯番号交換しとくんだったな。。。
The sentence means "We have interchanged phone numbers in advance."
This makes no sense with the story unless I add "should" before the "have". So ...
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what is the meaning of なの here
It seems I can remove it and keep the same meaning...
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Is a sentence like 彼がやったんだ past or present tense?
For example, in an a situation like
誰がやった？
彼がやったんだ
Would the latter sentence be considered past or present tense? Is んだ a combination of の and だ with だ as a copula, or is it a different word ...
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What is the meaning of ～んです/～のだ/etc?
This sentence ending has started to creep up more and more in my current Japanese classes, and I'm still a bit unsure what all it can mean, how to use it, or even when I should think to use it. My ...
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What connotation does なんだ add?
Specifically, in the expression
好きなんだ (I love you)
why not just say
好きだ
or
好きです
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