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In the sentence 食堂の食べ物はあまり好きじゃないんだ。 what does that ん mean? Also the same in 夢があるんじゃないか

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In the course I am doing (Yan san...) this is taught as having an explanatory function. suki ja nai alone would simply state you don't like something but ja nai n da has a connotation of explaining that you don't like it (hence you may not want to go there?)
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母音の無声化(Vowel devoicing) 好きじゃないのだ  Janaーinoーda f in"o " "o "is drop become Janainda therefore no meaning ん also 夢があるのではないか あるの also same kinds phenomenon  a runo - arun . One of the Japanese Phonetics Phenomenon Vowel + N + Vowel is one of most common case.
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じゃないのだ -> じゃないんだ == ja nai NO da -> ja nai N' da

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