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んだ and んです: What the Heck Is the ん?!

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Why You Have So Much Japanese Paraphernalia?

Sometimes it doesn't make sense to start off a sentence witha, because no one's asking you about something. Even if they're not explicitly said, ah or asked, it's natural to use like tha to the explanatory. Like, for the orer examples, it was like, why are you so fluent in italian? OrWhy are there so many like japanese running stuff in this room?"

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