EP122: から・だから・ので・なので 🇯🇵 | Which One Should You Use?

Do you know the difference between kara, dakara, node, and nanode in Japanese? 🇯🇵

They can all be used when talking about reasons, results, or explanations, but they have slightly different structures and feelings.

For example:

ひまだから、カフェに いきます。

ひまです。だから、カフェに いきます。

ひまなので、カフェに いきます。

ひまです。なので、カフェに いきます。

In this episode, we’ll compare all four and look at which ones are more casual, which ones sound softer or more polite, and how the sentence structure changes.

We’ll also look at why から is such an easy and direct choice in everyday conversation, while だから can be used to give a conclusion based on the previous sentence.

And then we’ll see how ので and なので can make your explanation sound a little softer and more polite.

So, which one should you use?

Let’s find out!

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