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berrypie 12-20-2008 11:46 PM

なん、なんで、なんとか..
 
皆さんこんにちは、ちょっと問題がありますね。助けて ください。

First of all, what's the difference between なん and なに? They both can be written in 何...

Sometime I see/hear people say XXX なんです。
For example りんごが好きなんです。

Also, there is なんとか、なんで (<- I heard it from a JPOP song 「愛なんで」)... etc etc.. I am getting confused because you can't look it up in a dictionary...

お願いしますね!

Oops one more thing, from a JPOP song I heard 「なんとかなるさ」what does that mean?

MMM 12-21-2008 12:06 AM

何 can be read なん or なに

りんごが好きなんです. This なん has nothing to do with 何.

This is the ~んです form used with nouns and な adjectives. so な+んです.

いきたいです。たべたいです。好きなんです。

All the same forms...

なんで means "why"

なんとか is a filler word meaning "something" when, for example, you can't think of the right word or name.

"What was that robot movie called again? "なんとか・E"?

And all grammar goes out the window with music.

Nagoyankee 12-21-2008 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berrypie (Post 648367)

Oops one more thing, from a JPOP song I heard 「なんとかなるさ」what does that mean?

It means "Things will work out somehow."

berrypie 12-21-2008 10:49 PM

So what's the ん means in here?And how about なんだか____?


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