"なのです" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: na no desu [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of particle な (na, attributive form (連体形) of auxiliary verb だ (da) or copula particle used after the adjective verbs (形容動詞)), の (no, particle to nominalize) and です (desu, auxiliary verb of polite assertion). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|だ}} だ (da), {{ja-r|な|pos=attributive form (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連体形</i>) of auxiliary verb だ (<span class="mention-tr tr">da</span>) or copula particle used after the adjective verbs (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">形容動詞</i>)}} な (na, attributive form (連体形) of auxiliary verb だ (da) or copula particle used after the adjective verbs (形容動詞)), {{ja-r|の|pos=particle to nominalize}} の (no, particle to nominalize), {{ja-r|です|pos=auxiliary verb of polite assertion}} です (desu, auxiliary verb of polite assertion) Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|な の です}} なのです • (na no desu)
  1. (polite) Polite form of なのだ (na no da, used to indicate strong assertion). Tags: form-of, polite Form of: なのだ (extra: na no da, used to indicate strong assertion) Derived forms: なんです (english: nandesu, informal form)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for なのです meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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