# ～のです (～んです) — explication et usage

### <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';">🔍</span> **1. Qu’est-ce que c’est ?**

La forme **<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～のです</span>** (souvent abrégée en **<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～んです</span>** à l’oral) sert à **expliquer**, **justifier** ou **donner une raison**.  
Elle permet aussi d’attirer l’attention ou de demander une confirmation polie.

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</div>### <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';">✍️</span> **2. Comment se forme-t-elle ?**

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable align-center" id="bkmrk-type-de-mot-forme-%2B-" style="width: 55.4762%; height: 155.734px; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 0px;"><thead><tr style="height: 20.4667px;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 43.299%; height: 20.4667px;">**Type de mot**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 56.9072%; height: 20.4667px;">**Forme + <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">のです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">んです</span>**

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</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 56.9072%; height: 38.2667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べるのです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べるんです</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 38.2667px;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 43.299%; height: 38.2667px;">Verbe (passé)

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 56.9072%; height: 38.2667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べたのです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べたんです</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 38.2667px;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 43.299%; height: 38.2667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">い</span>-adjectif

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 56.9072%; height: 38.2667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">忙しいのです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">忙しいんです</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 20.4667px;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 43.299%; height: 20.4667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">な</span>-adjectif / nom + <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">だ</span>

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 56.9072%; height: 20.4667px;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">静かなのです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">静かなんです</span>

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</div>### <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';">✍️</span> **3. Usages principaux**

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</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.306%;">**Exemple**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 39.9433%;">**Traduction / Explication**

</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 35.864%;">Donner une explication

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.306%;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">遅れたのです。</span>

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 39.9433%;">C’est que je suis en retard.

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 35.864%;">Justifier une action

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.306%;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">寒いんです。</span>

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 39.9433%;">C’est parce qu’il fait froid.

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 35.864%;">Exprimer une raison

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.306%;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">仕事が忙しいんです。</span>

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 39.9433%;">C’est que je suis occupé par le travail.

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 35.864%;">Demander une confirmation polie

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.306%;"><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">どうしたのですか？</span>

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 39.9433%;">Qu’est-ce qui se passe ? (avec intérêt)

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</div>### <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';">⚠️</span> **4. Remarques**

- **<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～のです</span>** est plus formel, **<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～んです</span>** plus courant à l’oral.
- Souvent utilisé pour **introduire une explication ou une justification**, il rend la phrase plus naturelle et polie.
- Très utile pour donner du contexte ou répondre à une question implicite.

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</div>### <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';">✅</span> **5. À retenir**

- **<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～のです</span> / <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Yu Gothic',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">～んです</span>** = « c’est que… », « la raison est que… »
- Forme explicative ou justificative, polie et naturelle
- Utilisée autant dans la langue parlée que écrite