N5 grammar

〜んです

ndesu

Explaining the situation

Formation

んです frames a sentence as an explanation of what is going on rather than a bare fact. You reach for it giving a reason, asking for one, or setting up a request. Without it, an answer to why can land abruptly.

Examples

〜んです is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. How do you spell the word?

  2. Do I have to focus it?

  3. Would you do something for me?

  4. Is something going on with your server?

  5. I'd like to be a guitarist.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.