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ぼたん Episode 1 N4

こんなkonnaおいしいのoishii noひとりでhitori deんでたnondetaんだnda

上伊那ぼたん、酔へる姿は百合の花 第1話 牡丹說「こんなおいしいの ひとりで飲んでたんだ」的場景

Phrase Breakdown

こんなkonnaおいしいのoishii noひとりでhitori deんでたnondetaんだnda

She was drinking something this delicious all by herself

こんな
Adnominal
"this kind of / such". Modifies the following noun or content. Learn the set together: こんな (this kind) / そんな (that kind) / あんな (that kind, farther) / どんな (what kind).
おいしいの
Nominalizer の
「おいしい」(delicious) +「の」. Here「の」turns the adjective into a noun "thing", standing in for the specific drink.「こんなおいしいの」= "something this delicious". In casual speech「の」often replaces「もの」.
ひとりで
Adverbial
一人 (one person) + で = "alone, by oneself". The「で」marks state / manner. Compare: 二人で (together as two), みんなで (everyone together).
んでた
Grammar: ~teta 🔑
Casual contraction of「飲んでいた」(いた→た). 〜ていた expresses a continuous past action = "had been drinking". In casual speech「〜ている」shrinks to「〜てる」, and「〜ていた」to「〜てた」.
んだ
Explanatory / realization 🔑
「んだ」= casual「のだ」, here carrying a tone of sudden realization = "(So) she'd been drinking it alone!". Botan's surprise (and slight indignation) on discovering the dorm manager enjoying good alcohol by herself. Common: そうなんだ (oh, I see).

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