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JLPT N3 · conjunction

だって (datte)

だって is a Japanese conjunction meaning “after all; because”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
だって
Romaji
datte
Word class
conjunction
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. after all; because · conjunction · colloquial
  2. but · conjunction · colloquial
  3. even · particle
  4. too; as well; also · particle
  5. they say; I hear; you mean · particle

Example sentences

子供にだってそんな事は分かるよ。
Even children can understand it.
Tatoeba #168676
今日この番組でハッカーの問題をクローズアップするんだって。
This program is going to focus on computer hacking issues today.
Tatoeba #172031
明君って毎週金曜日に弓道をするんだって。
I hear Akira practices archery every Friday.
Tatoeba #9681804

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 2643970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.