
Episode 85 - How use - ndesu / - nodesu (asking questions, making a request etc.)
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のです/んです
1. Question
2. Reason
3. Emphasize
4. Interpretation
5. Request
★1. Question★
It is used to ask questions.
だれ、なに、どこ、いつ、
どうして etc. + の/んです。
どこへ行(い)くんですか?
どうして遅(おく)れたんですか?
何(なに)をしているんですか?
★2. Reason★
It is used to express reasons.
It is used when the speaker is
going to do something and
the speaker explains the situations
which are not expresed in words.
どうして遅(おく)れたんですか?
→バスが来(こ)なかったんです。
→雨(あめ)が降(ふ)っていたんです。
→鍵(かぎ)をなくしたんです。
★3. Emphasize★
It is used to emphasize
the meaning of a sentence.
Often comes together with emphasize adverbs
ex. 本当(ほんとう)に、とても etc.
このりんごは本当(ほんとう)においしいんですよ!
このテストはとても難しいんです。
★4. Interpretation★
It is used to interprete or
confirmation of
what the listner said.
なるほど、外国(がいこく)に住(す)んでいたんですね。
へえ、今週(こんしゅう)は忙(いそが)しいんですね。
★5. Request★
It is used when the speaker would
like to make a request,
or before the speaker make request
すみません、そこのコップを取(と)ってほしいんですが。
あのー、手紙(てがみ)を書(か)いたんですが。
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