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When asking questions?
When you ask a question you add ka but what about when you use da at the end of a sentence.
Like I hear nan desu ka and nan da but not nan da ka. Da ka just sounds weird to me as well. |
da is less formal, and masculine. "Desu ka" becomes "ka" when it less formal. So "da ka" wouldn't be used.
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Oh. Thanks!
That clears up soooo much. Da is masculine? |
何だか[なんだか][nandaka]=somehow, when you're unsure of something
e.g. なんだか吐き気がします Nandaka hakike ga shimasu I feel like thowing up 何がなんだか分らない Nani ga nandaka wakaranai I didn't know what was that 何だかすごく疲れたね Nandaka sugoku tsukareta ne Somehow I felt really tired "Nandaka" is a very common expression and is taught when in either level 3 or level 2 standard. |
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Enyafriend must be very good at Japanese. I dont know how to explain Grammar in English, for English is my ESL. |
If you're talking about how to ask a question in casual form (that's when you end sentences in da instead of desu) it's like this:
Formal: Nan desu ka? Casual: Nani? (with questioning intonation) So aside from "nandaka" meaning "somehow" or when you're confused about something you don't get "da ka" together. I believe your question was aimed at the casual style questions, so just say the sentence like usual, but end with a questioning intonation. Make sense? |
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