Explanatory particles「のだ」 and 「んだ」

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Reply #26 - 2012 August 23, 1:59 am
JapaneseRuleOf7 Member
From: Japan Registered: 2012-01-06 Posts: 201 Website

Tobberoth wrote:

. . . the second one isn't actually のだ as explanatory, it's ん turning 飲む into a noun and じゃない saying "it shouldn't be so".
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That was a very succinct and helpful explanation.  Thanks.

Reply #27 - 2012 August 23, 4:52 am
Javizy Member
From: England Registered: 2007-02-16 Posts: 770

The 初級 edition of 日本語文法ハンドブック has a lot of pages about のだ and not all of it is covered in that volume... There was more to it than I initially thought.

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