んだ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Regular abbreviation of のだ, a compound of particle の (no, particle of emphasis) and だ (da, auxiliary verb of assertion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n da̠]

Phrase

んだ • (nda) 

1. Contraction of のだ (no da).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nda̠]

Phrase

んだ • (nda) 

1. (Tōhoku) it is so

   Synonym: (standard) そうだ (sō da)

   んだんだ ― nda nda ― yes

   んだべ ― nda be ― it is probably so

Yonaguni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nda/

Pronoun

んだ (nda) 

1. second-person pronoun: you