助詞「な」. Used with adjectives that behave grammatically like nouns, or with verbs to indicate "do" (after verb stem) or "don't" (after dictionary form).
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When is "na" used at the end of a sentence?
When is "na" used at the end of a sentence, is it like "ne" or "yo" and has no meaning really? For example:
Mata Nihon ni ikitai na.
また、日本に行きたいな。
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Is the word 「やんな」positive or negative?
I found that in a website 〜やんな is a colloquial form of 〜やるな meaning 'Don't do...'
However, I have seen the word in a manga with the following sentence.
A: おい あかりを消してやんな。新入りさんがまぶしくてねむれんといかん。
B: じゃあ 消すぜ
While B speaking, he also turning off the…
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Using な particle after common nouns (non na-adjectives)
Is な particle allowed to be used after common nouns (i.e non na-adjectives) for whatever reasons, e.g. cuteness, trendy, humor etc?
Dictionary@goo website seems to use (normal noun)+な in a couple of the column names:
JAPANなニュース
ニュースな英語
Is this…
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What's the difference between ね and な as tag questions?
What's the difference between ね and な as tag questions?
For example:
そうですね
vs
そうだな
Is there any difference in level of politeness? Does one sound more masculine than the other?
Edit:
The examples above are pretty vague (or even just plain wrong in…
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About the な part in negative imperative verb form (e.g. 飲むな)
In the Japanese version of "don't drink and drive" slogan, 【乗るなら飲むな】 (also 【飲んだら乗るな】), what part of speech is the な that follows the plain verb 飲む (or 乗る in the second variation) to form the negative imperative verb form?
At first I thought it was…
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な directly after a noun (not a な-adjective)
While reading a grammar book, I read the following explanation of な
な na, a masculine ne
Both sexes use ne, but male speakers often use na instead. There are other uses of na common to both genders, but it's mostly masculine to use it as the…
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What's the purpose of な in なのに?
I don't understand the role of "な" when used before "のに" as in these two sentences (with given translations):
朝目がさめて初めて、外が雪なのに気がついた。
He noticed that there was snow outside only after he woke up in the morning.
せっかくの日曜日なのに働いた。
Although Sunday is…
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Using な in positive instead of negative imperative (e.g. 行きな)
Putting な after a plain verb turns it into negative imperative.
But I noticed that in spoken Japanese, putting な after conjunctive form (連用形) turns it into positive imperative. For example:
遊びに行きなよ。
Is this usage standard or colloquial? Also, it…
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Is な used for emphasis or negative imperative in this sentence?
「おまえ、そんな体験したこともねぇのにわかったようなこと言うなっ」
Even though you've never had such an experience, (you say things like you understand)/(don't say things like you understand).
Is this な the negative imperative or just an emphatic marker? How can I know?
My…
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Is ばかり a noun or a な-adjective in ばかりなので?
According to this answer and taking into account the following rules (source) to use ので:
[い-adjective]+ので
[verb]+ので
[な-adjective]+なので
[noun]+なので
I wonder whether ばかり is a な-adjective or not in the following…
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Do 形容動詞 include な?
Consider the phrase:
好きな人
Here "好き" is a na-adjective, and this sentence could translate to:
Well-liked person
Question: Is the 形容動詞 in this phrase:
...just the word "好き"?
...the logical clase "好きな"?
...or the whole thing: "好きな人"?
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Role of な in といってな
In a sentence from the 犬夜叉 comic book, an old lady from ancient times is speaking about her family. The context is that the speaker mentioned her sister 桔梗 in the previous panel, but the listener didn’t know who she was talking…
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かな ending in a sentence where the speaker is not uncertain of something
I've been going through a Japanese script of the popular anime "Fairy Tail" and trying to make sense of the translations in the English subtitles to become familiar with the language.
I came across a part (3:40 into the first episode), where a…
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Parsing a sentence with two な-adjectives in quick succession
I'm reading a manga called Buchou wa Onee, and in the first pages, we are introduced to the main character and a few peculiar things about him as told by…
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