Confused, hence question

[okaeri_man]

i don't think i've come across a sentence like this before. i get the general idea of it, but if anyone can translate it and give an explanation, i'd be grateful

A-san ni sou saseta no wa boku na no da.

 

[Elizabeth]

i don't think i've come across a sentence like this before. i get the general idea of it, but if anyone can translate it and give an explanation, i'd be grateful

A-san ni sou saseta no wa boku na no da.

I can't really explain without knowing where the confusion is, but I would imagine, since suru is a transitive verb, the possible translations would be "I am the one that made/allowed A-san (to) do that."

 

[okaeri_man]

ic... is the "boku na no da" bit a more formal way of saying "boku nan da"? if it's not i'm still confused.

 

[hebiichigo]

"nan da" is a shorter way of saying "na no da", if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Sumiyoshi炭吉]

Yes, as hebiichigo said, 'nan da' is the shortened form of 'na no da.'

From Handbook of Modern Japanese Grammar (Yoko McClain):

NA NO (N') DA なのだ it is the fact that it is; slightly emphatic ending. na no da usually does not have to be translated. Isu na no desu 椅子なのです。"It is a chair."