ЯПОНСКИЙ / КУРС
| Grammar I - 02.07 |
| ～ね / ～よ | |
| 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。 | 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 decree. |
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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. | |
| 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. |