66086
I don't understand 「僕は誰より彼女が好きなんだ。」. I guess 好きなんだ means love, but なん means
not. Can anyone help me?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-19T02:17:36.343
66085
2019-03-19T15:08:34.710
2019-03-19T02:33:44.060
10045
33349
question
particle-より explanatory-の
How to understand 「僕は誰より彼女が好きなんだ。」
なん does not mean "not". This (な)ん is something called "explanatory-の". You can
learn about it in the following articles.

  * [What is the meaning of ～んです/～のだ/etc?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5398/5010)
  * [Explanatory のだ （んだ）](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-noda/)

より is a particle to mark a comparison target. So the sentence is the same as
僕は誰より彼女が好きだ but with an added nuance. Perhaps the person is trying to convince
someone. The translation would be "I love her more than anybody (else)."
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-19T02:24:55.460
66086
2019-03-19T15:08:34.710
2019-03-19T15:08:34.710
5010
5010
66085
answer