だって Part One: Emphatic Quoting with ～んだって

Introduction

Hey! I heard you liked grammar!

I also heard that Mike's friend's friend's friend is having an affair!!!

In this lesson, which is part one of our two-part 「だって」 extravaganza, you'll learn a new way to express hearsay or things that you read from somewhere! Leggo!

～(な)んだって: I heard/it says (something exciting hopefully)

構成こうせい

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  Statement(な)んだって
  Example:
  → バナナの値段ねだんが上あがるんだって！
  "Apparently the price of bananas is going up!”

First up, is the ～んだって pattern, which combines the explanatory の (usually in its spoken 「ん」 form, since だって is spoken and casual in tone as well) with だ, and って, the casual quote marker.