〜んだって: meaning and usage

How to form it

• verb (plain form)/い-adjective+んだって
• noun/な-adjective (stem)+なんだって

How it is used

Casual; passes on something heard from someone else: 'I hear A, apparently A'. For talk with people you're close to; politer equivalents are 「〜そうです」 or 「〜んですって」. With rising intonation it checks: 'you're saying A?'

Examples

1. 彼らついに結婚するんだって。

   I hear that they're finally getting married.

2. 駅前に新しいパン屋ができたんだって。

   I hear a new bakery has opened in front of the station.

3. 明日のテスト、すごく難しいんだって。

   Apparently tomorrow's test is really hard.