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~んだもん

Used to convey a sense of justification; 'because', 'that's why', 'it's just that'.

At a glance

~んだもん gives a reason or excuse with a personal, often sulky or childish tone, like "but...!" or "it's just that...". It is used in casual speech, usually at the end of a sentence.

[Verb / い-adj plain form] + んだもん
[な-adj / Noun] + なんだもん

「どうして食たべないの?」「だって、辛からいんだもん。」 "Why aren't you eating?" "But it's spicy!"


How to form it

It attaches to the casual (plain) form. The register is casual spoken Japanese.

Attaches to Present Negative Past
Verb 行いくんだもん 行いかないんだもん 行いったんだもん
い-adj 寒さむいんだもん 寒さむくないんだもん 寒さむかったんだもん
な-adj 好すきなんだもん 好すきじゃないんだもん 好すきだったんだもん
Noun 子供こどもなんだもん 子供こどもじゃないんだもん 子供こどもだったんだもん

In the present form, な-adjectives and nouns take な before んだもん, not だ.

Examples

  • しょうがないよ。知しらなかったんだもん。

    Can't help it. I didn't know!

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