Question about の


I am having an hard time understanding the difference between のですね and ですね and
the difference between のですよね and ですよね.

For example, what is the difference between 簡単ですね and 簡単なのですね? Or the
difference between 簡単ですよね and 簡単なのですよね? Thank you all in advance!




It's all about emphasis.

Plain and simple 簡単です: "It's easy".

But that's a bit abrupt for the Japanese speaker who doesn't want you to feel
stupid that you need to have it explained, so s(he) says instead...

簡単ですね: "It's easy, isn't it?"

This creates a little fiction that instead of telling you something you don't
know and thus exposing your ignorance, he is simply calrifying something that
you already know.

よ gives greater emphasis

簡単ですよ: "It certainly is easy" but that could sound very rude, so ね is included
to soften the blow.

なの is best translated as "a kind of thing".

Putting it all together, 簡単なのですよね is "It really is an easy kind of thing,
isn't it"

