This is a discussion topic for the updated N5 Lesson 4 reading passages. (May 2024)
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Can someone explain what is さん supposed to mean here?
家に近い場所に有名なカラオケ屋さんがあります。
Can anyone explain the なん in this sentence?
テニスサークルがある大学なんです
I feel like I see なん or 何 a lot in contexts where it definitely doesn’t mean “what”, and there’s almost never an explanation.
It’s an explanatory ～んです・のです (JLPT N5) | Bunpro
The Japanese love it, so you’ll see it a lot.
You use な to attach it to both na-adjectives and nouns (such as 大学). Strangely enough, all examples in the lesson seem to be focusing on verbs and i-adjectives.
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I didn’t know it could be attached to nouns like that. All this time, I’ve been hearing 何です, and getting confused. Thank for clearing that up!
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