immersionlog
Sign inCreate account

それなのに・なのに

and yet, even so (frustrated)

Sentence。それなのに / なのに、Sentence。

Sign up free to review this point on a spaced schedule.

それなのに is のに (N4) at the start of a sentence: "and yet", with disappointment or frustration: 一生懸命勉強した。それなのに、試験に落ちた, "I studied really hard. And yet I failed".

The first sentence sets up an expectation, and the second breaks it in a way the speaker finds unfair or annoying. In casual speech, it's just なのに.

Compare ところが, which is surprise, often neutral, and しかし, a plain "but". それなのに carries a complaint.

Like のに, it describes facts, not requests or intentions: you can't follow it with "so please…".

Examples

  • 一生懸命勉強いっしょうけんめいべんきょうした。それなのに、試験しけんに落おちた。

    I studied really hard. And yet I failed the exam.

  • 約束やくそくした。それなのに、彼かれは来こなかった。

    He promised. And yet he didn't come.

  • 薬くすりを飲のんだ。それなのに、熱ねつが下さがらない。

    I took the medicine. Even so, my fever won't go down.

  • 何度なんども説明せつめいした。それなのに、まだわかってくれない。

    I've explained it again and again, and they still don't get it.

  • 日曜日にちようびだ。それなのに、会社かいしゃに行いかなければならない。

    It's Sunday. And yet I have to go to work.

Related