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君 の 気 持 ち は 受 け 取 り ま し た 。 で も 私 結 婚 し て る ん で す 。 
I've gotten (understand) your feelings, but I'm married.
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「 珍 し く ズボン な ん だ ね 」 「 昨日 、 ス カ ー ト を 全 部 洗 っ た ん で す 」 
"It's rare for you to wear slacks." "I washed all my skirts yesterday."
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静 か に し て ください 。 病 人 が 寝 て い る ん で す 。 
Please be quiet. The sick people are sleeping.
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「 太 郎 が いない なんて 、 珍 し い ね 」 「 実 は 、 喧 嘩 し て し ま っ た ん で す 」 
"How rare for Taro to not be here." "Actually, he got into a fight."

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AVerb: Casual
 
ANoun な
 
Aい-adjective
 
Aな-adjective な
 
 
んです
Basic Examples:
走ったんです ((because he) ran)

氷なんです ((because of) ice)

悪いんです ((because) it's bad)

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Rishi (リシ）
Level: 323
(3 years ago)
You should check this; tells when to use んです and when not to:
https://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/article10.html
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宮本勝利
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
んです is only used in speech. When used in writing, the full form のです should be used.

Example:
彼は学生なんです。(Speech)
彼は学生なのである。(Writing)
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マイコー
Level: 262
(15 years ago)
The n-desu form is used to soften a direct statement for politeness.
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dfperfume
Level: 1
Is this like a shortened の?
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15 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
No, it's not. Really, this deserves a much, much longer explanation, I just haven't had the time to do the proper research and expand it.
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15 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 1605
This is a great form to use to up your politeness when you're way too used to using casual speech - I sometimes find myself using casual forms when talking to my coworkers/先輩s, and just add ‾んです to make it work!
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14 years ago
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テリフン
Level: 1
In the second usage note, the explanation uses のです but the example uses のである. I am a little confused. Do they mean the same thing?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
のである is a bit more..formal, I would say, but in terms of meaning, yes, they are the same.
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12 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 1605
the second example sentence has two だs at the end of the first quote, and either is missing an additional quotation bracket at the end or has an extra one at the beginning: [color=red]「[/color]「珍しくズボンなんだ[color=red]だ[/color]」「昨日昨日スカートスカート全部全部洗ったんです」 "It's rare for you to wear slacks." "I washed all my skirts yesterday."
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10 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Very weird glitch in the code (the original sentence was in there correctly, but the display was off. Should be fixed!)
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10 years ago
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Tanooki
Level: 13
i often hear 'ga' at the end of an ndesu...might be worth noting?
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10 years ago
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