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Why is it you're here with いんの

Grammar Explanation: Contracting いる＋の to いんの

Manga panel from ひとりぼっちの○○生活 showing example of Why is it you're here with いんの.
ひとりぼっちの○○生活 » Volume 1 » Page 107

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!)”
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.

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