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Ne is an end particle expressing the speaker's desire for confirmation
from the listener. An English equivalent might be "right?"
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メアリー さん の せんもん は ぶんがく です ね。 |
Mary,
your major is literature,
right? |
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mearii san no senmon wa bungaku desu ne (?) |
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これ は にく じゃ ありません ね。
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This
is not meat,
is it? |
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kore wa niku ja arimasen ne (?) |
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Yo is another end particle that expresses the speaker's desire to
assure the listener of what has been said.
A rough English translation is
"I tell you."
When yo is added, the statement becomes an authoritative
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とんかつ は さかな じゃ ありません よ。 |
Let me assure you, "tonkatsu" is
not fish. |
| tonkatsu wa sakana ja arimasen yo. |
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スミス さん は イギリス じん です よ。 |
(In
case you were
wondering,) Mr. Smith is British. |
| sumisu san wa igirisu jin desu yo. |
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