I need help understanding the grammar in this sentence: 自分で言うのもなんだけど


I am still in the beginning stages of learning Japanese grammar and while I
understand the meaning of the kanji I don't understand what のも means in the
context of this sentence.

> 自分で言う **のも** なんだ けど




  * This の is a nominalizer. 自分で言うの = "saying it myself"
  * Here も is used in place of the topic marker は. Doing so makes a sentence a little reserved or mild, similarly to English "well", "kinda", "a bit", "(not) quite", etc.
  * なん here basically means "weird". More generally, 何【なん】 can be used to avoid saying negative words directly in conversations.

See Schokolade's links for more information. Put together, 自分で言うのもなんだけど
literally means "Saying it myself is a bit weird, but ...". It's a set phrase
used before you want to say something you should not say. "I may not be the
right person to say this, but ..." or "Though I say it myself, ...".




  * This の is a nominalizer. 自分で言うの = "saying it myself"
  * Here も is used in place of the topic marker は. Doing so makes a sentence a little reserved or mild, similarly to English "well", "kinda", "a bit", "(not) quite", etc.
  * なん here basically means "weird". More generally, 何【なん】 can be used to avoid saying negative words directly in conversations.

See Schokolade's links for more information. Put together, 自分で言うのもなんだけど
literally means "Saying it myself is a bit weird, but ...". It's a set phrase
used before you want to say something you should not say. "I may not be the
right person to say this, but ..." or "Though I say it myself, ...".

