My question is why is かな being used in this sentence? The person is asking me why I come/came to he site? or wondering why I came to the site? Would かな be added after the の? I am used to seeing かな used in statements not questions.
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3Related: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/37001/32952 – jarmanso7 Sep 20 '19 at 18:42
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かな at the end of a question sentence ending with の is a bit of a reflexive ending that provides the nuance of wondering about what is being asked.
Consider, then:
どうしてこのサイトに来てるの？
Why did you come to this site?
vs.
どうしてこのサイトに来てるのかな？
I wonder why you have come to this site.
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1Isn't the nuance more along the lines of "why you come to this site" (regularly) as opposed to "why you have come to this site" (this once)? – By137 Sep 21 '19 at 01:31
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@By137 Because of 来てる (or 来ている), it looks like the question is about why they are there right that moment, as opposed to just 来る which would point to a more habitual action – psosuna Sep 23 '19 at 18:45