Rune Forge#18
N3Pattern 18
〜んだから
Formula:
普通形
Examples & key points
子供なんだから、仕方ないよ。
Kodomo na n da kara, shikata nai yo.
They are a child — nothing to be done.
んだから insists the reason is obvious — it should not need saying
もう大人なんだから、自分で決めなさい。
Mō otona na n da kara, jibun de kimenasai.
You are an adult now — decide for yourself.
A command or a piece of advice usually follows, the premise being treated as settled
違いは、理由を当然と見るかどうかです。
Chigai wa, riyū o tōzen to miru ka dō ka desu.
The difference is whether the reason is treated as self-evident.
から merely gives a reason; んだから adds that you ought to have known it
