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1. syllable. (ja-kana-def) | |
2. interj. (masculine informal, mild, emphatic) (used to get someone's attention, generally carries neutral or slightly positive connotations) | |
な、聞いたかい。 - Hey, did you hear? | |
3. part. (informal mild, emphatic) (sentence-final particle indicating emotion or mild emphasis) | |
そうかな。 - Huh, is that so. | |
4. part. Usage: Often used when you are speaking to yourself, and can be considered less formal than the agreement-asking particle ね. | |
5. part. (copula particle used after 形容動詞 to make them function as adjectives) | |
変な人 - a strange person | |
6. part. Usage: The older | |
Usage: 静かなる田園 - the quiet countryside | |
7. part. (from 720) (masculine in modern Japanese, informal, added after the dictionary form of a verb) (indicates prohibition:) don't | |
行くな! - Don't go! | |
無断で引用するな。 - Don't quote it without permission. | |
混ぜるな危険 - dangerous: do not mix | |
8. part. Usage: Considered very informal and potentially brusque depending on tone of voice. This would never be used in polite conversation, where the construction ~ないで下さい, tr=~naide kudasai would be u | |
9. part. Usage: * Addressing close friends, children, or possibly subordinates: | |
Usage: * する な。 - Don't do that. | |
10. part. Usage: * Addressing anyone else: | |
Usage: * しないで ください。 - (Please) Don't do that. | |
11. suffix. (informal added after the stem form of a verb) (indicates an imperative statement or command:) do | |
あっちへ行きな、ぼうや。 - Go over there, boy → Get out of the way, boy! | |
座りなよ。 - Sit → Have a seat. | |
12. suffix. Usage: * A casual way of issuing commands; not as rough as the imperative conjugation of a verb. | |
13. suffix. Usage: * Usage is restricted to addressing friends, children, or subordinates. | |
Usage: * 食べな - Eat! | |
14. suffix. Usage: * In spoken Japanese, the prohibitive na and the imperative na are also differentiated by pitch accent patterns. For prohibitive na, the pitch on the suffix follows the pitch on the verb | |
15. suffix. Usage: *: 書くな (kaku na, “don't write”) → (ja-accent/high, か)ja-accent/low, くな | |
16. suffix. Usage: *: 書くな (kaki na, “write”) → (ja-accent/low, か)ja-accent/high, きja-accent/high, な | |