Verb plain form ん です いーadj. Plain form ん です なーadj. Plain form ん です N (だ) -な ん です |
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ん ですis used in speech. In writing, - の です is used. (1)Verb plain form ん です れい: まいにち にほんご を べんきょうしているん です. (2)いーadj. Plain form ん です れい: かんじ が むずかしいん です. (3)なーadj. Plain form ん です れい: やまださん は まいにち げんきん です. (4)N (drop-だ) add-な ん です。 れい: にほん と かんこく が ゆめいなん ですよ. |
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ん です | ||
1)ん です (1)When asking the listener to confirm something that the speaker has seen or heard. Examples: 1.ぬれた かさ を もって いる ひと を みて) あめ が ふって いるん ですか. On seeing someone holding a wet umbrella. Is it training? (2)When asking the listener for more detailed information about something that the speaker has seen or heard: Examples: 1.おもしろい デザイン の くつですね. どこ で かったん ですか. Those shoes are interestingly designed, aren’t they? Where did you buy them? (3)When asking the listener for a reason for something that the speaker has seen or hear. Examples: 1.どうして おくれたん ですか. Why were you late ? When asking for an explanation of a situation: どう したん ですか What’s the matter? [Note] Be careful not to use – ん ですか when it is not needed, as this will sound the listener. |
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ん です | ||
(1)When giving a reason or explanation in reply to a sentence with ん ですか. Examples: 1.どうして おくれたんですか. Why are you late? 2.ばす が こなかったん です. Because the didn’t come. 3.どう したん ですか. ...ちょっと きぶん が わるいん です. What the matter? ...I don’t feel very well. (2)When adding a reason to explain something one has just said: Examples: 1.よく からおけ に いきますか. ...いいえ, あまり いきません. からおけ は すき じゃ ないんです. Do you often go to karaoke? ...No, I don’t go very often. I don’t like karaoke. |
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ん です が | ||
ん です がis used to introduce a topic when this is followed by a request, an invitation, or an expression seeking permission. The が in this case is used to lightly preface what is coming next. (see Lesson 14). What follows n ん です がmay be omitted when it is obvious, as in example. Examples: 1.あたま が いたいん ですが, かえっても いいですか. I’ve got a headache, may I go home? 2.らいしゅう ともだち と すき- に いくんですが みら-さん いsしょに いきませんか. I’m going skiing with some friends next week. Would you like to come too, Mr. Miller? 3.おゆ が でないんですが There no hot water. |
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V て-form いただけませんか [Would you be so kind as to?] | ||
This is a more polite way of asking for something than – て ください Example: 1.いい せんせい を しょうかいして いただけませんか Would you be so kind as to introduce me to a good teacher? |
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Interrogative V た- form ら いいですか What/When/Where/Which/How/Who [Should I] | ||
This is a way of asking for advice or instructions Examples: 1.どこで かめら を かったら いいですか. ABC すとあ が やすいですよ. Where would be a good place to buy a camera. ...ABC Store is cheap, you know. 2.こっかいぎ じとう を けんがくしたいん ですが, どう したら いいですか. ...ちょくせつ いったら いいですよ. I’d like to visit the National Diet; how should I go about it? ...You can go right there, you know. |
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N (object) は すきです / きらい です like / dislike N (object) は じょうず です / へた です be good at / be no good at N (object) は あります, etc. have , etc. |
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Examples: 1.よく からおけ に いきますか. ...いいえ, あまり いきません. かめら は すきじゃないん です. Do you often go to karaoke? ...No, I don’t go very often. I don’t like karaoke. Making a direct object marked by を into the topic of a sentence was introduced in Lesson 17 of Book I. Nouns indicated by が that are the object of phrases such as すき ですcan also be a made into a topic, as in example. |
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