Does だって find it's roots in some different combination of words, or is it it's own, self made, particle? Where does だって come from?
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Which だって are you referring to?– user4032Jan 27, 2014 at 23:11
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I forget the exact context. It was being used at the end of a sentence, and it (may) have been exclamatory?– user3457Jan 28, 2014 at 1:35
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It's probably the lesser formal form of だそうです, which translates to xxx said, or apparently..– PitaJan 28, 2014 at 3:26
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It was A: いさかさん、子供四人もいるんだって。 B: チャウチャウ、六人や。 I also don't know why they used も。– user3457Jan 28, 2014 at 3:40
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5I think it's 「だ」(dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/132198/m0u/%E3%81%A0) + 「って」(dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/147762/m0u)– user1016Jan 28, 2014 at 4:42
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“だって” is a sentence-ending particle, coming from binding particle “だって”: a sound change of “だとて”, which is an auxiliary verb of assertion “だ” followed by an auxiliary verb a binding particle “とて”, and it is used in a casual conversation.
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4Forgive me if I'm wrong but is とて an auxiliary verb/助動詞? Isn't it a (quotative case) particle/助詞?– user1016Jan 28, 2014 at 13:17
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@Anthony: I have to admit, I'd never heard of とて but thanks to Chocolate and Shun I can see it exists in my dictionary but I am still not sure understand this particle. Perhaps you should revise your question to ask about the use of とて as in だとてー＞だって, where it comes from and how it works? I've never seen it mentioned in a text book or class.– TimJan 29, 2014 at 1:00
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@Chocolate, thanks for pointing. とて is a binding particle(係助詞), not an auxiliary verb. I corrected my answer!– yananaJan 29, 2014 at 11:00
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