quotation N3 common casual
〜んだって — I hear that ~
〜んだって ・ んだって
Meaning
- I hear that ~ / apparently ~ / they say ~ — casually relays what you heard from someone
Key sentence
田中さん、来月結婚するんだって。
I hear Tanaka's getting married next month.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Plain form + んだって | Plain + ん + だって | 高かったんだって (apparently it was expensive) |
Examples
明日は雪が降るんだって。
Apparently it's going to snow tomorrow.
あの店、もう閉まったんだって。
I hear that shop has already closed down.
When you can't use it
- Casual conversation only. With rising intonation, んだって? flips to asking the listener to confirm a rumour ('is it true that ~?').
Easily confused with
Notes
- Plain って also relays speech (雨だって = 'they say it's rain'); んだって adds the explanatory んだ, so it relays a reported *situation*.
See 〜んだって in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜んだって the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.