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学生さんなんですか？

Is she asking the name of the school I go to or what year I'm in? She was talking about how busy she's been at work and I told her I was busy with my studies as well and she replied with this.

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    The 何 is a typo for なん. 「学生なんですか？」 "Are you a student?"
    – chocolate ♦
    Dec 13, 2015 at 16:20
  • she actually wrote「 学生さんなんですか？」
    – Michelle
    Dec 14, 2015 at 14:43
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    I think she was asking, Are you a student?
    – RajSharma
    Dec 15, 2015 at 4:41

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As @choco points out in the comment section, 何 is a typo for なん (ん being a contraction of の).

You can read more about なんです(か) here:

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  • But would it really be a typo? I would argue more a colloquial writing choice that a typographical error. From the times I have asked writers of similar, it is usually a conscious effort to not use the Kanji / to use hiragana instead (as for reasoning, there has been everything from trying to be more cute, trying to avoid Kanji and just a preference for it.).
    – The Wandering Coder
    Dec 15, 2015 at 7:39
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    @TheWanderingCoder The typo is that the kanji was used, not that it wasn't. This なん comes from なの; the one spelt 何 comes from なに.
    – Angelos
    Dec 15, 2015 at 7:54
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    Apologies, there was no Kanji when I got to the question. It was a little bit confusing. I will endeavour to check question edits better next time.
    – The Wandering Coder
    Dec 16, 2015 at 6:44

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