N5

Explaining with んです

Use んです to add explanation, background, or a soft personal reason to what you say.

Understand the explanatory nuance of んです.Use んです to give background or soften a statement.Recognize when んです is more natural than a plain sentence.

Guided study

What んです does

んです adds explanation or background. It often appears when the speaker is giving a reason, clarifying a situation, or softening what they say.

おなかが痛いんです。

My stomach hurts, you see.

んです adds explanatory background instead of giving a flat fact.

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明日テストがあるんです。

I have a test tomorrow, actually.

The speaker is providing context for the situation.

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