Why is it you're here with いんの

Grammar Explanation: Contracting いる＋の to いんの

Aru returns to her classroom after club. Expecting the classroom to be empty, she’s singing a song about herself as she enters the room. There, she finds her friends idling away the time.

アル:: 「なな　何(なん)で皆(みな)いんのよ！（誰(だれ)もいないと思(おも)ってた！）」; “Wh- why is it that you all are here?! (I was thinking no one was here!)”; Literal: “Wh- why is everyone here?! (I thought no one was here!)”
なこ:: 「（なんだ今(いま)の歌(うた)…）」; “(What was with that song just now...)”
ソトカ:: 「師匠(ししょう)がアルを待(ま)つって」; “Master said she'd wait for you.”
アル:: 「でも私(わたし)部活(ぶかつ)あるわよ」; “But I'm in a club!”

Note: Sotoka refers to Bocchi as 師匠(ししょう).

Key Points

1いんの = contracted いるの

皆(みな)いんの is a casual spoken contraction of 皆(みな)いるの.

2のよ gives emotional explanatory force

Sentence-final の adds an explanatory “how come…?” feeling.
よ makes Aru’s reaction more forceful and expressive.

Vocabulary

思う (Think)

思う(おもう) means to think, feel, believe, expect, or hope.

師匠 (Master)

師匠(ししょう) means a master or teacher in an art, craft, or trade learned through apprenticeship.

部活 (Club activities)

部活(ぶかつ), short for 部活動(ぶかつどう), means a school club activity. It includes sports and cultural clubs that meet outside class.

Why is it you're here with いんの

Key Points

Vocabulary

思う (Think)

師匠 (Master)

部活 (Club activities)

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