for example in this sentence : 久しぶりやな i don't understand "ya" and "na" can someone explain me?
there's another example : いい感じやなぁ
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asked Aug 24 '14 at 14:00
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「やな」 is a Kansai affirmative sentence-ender used just like 「だな」 in Kanto.
「[久]{ひさ}しぶりやな。」 = "Long time no see, yeah?" or just "Long time no see!"
「いい[感]{かん}じやなぁ。」 = "That's cool.", "That's pretty good.", etc.
Real Kansai people might use ええ, not いい for the second phrase, though.
answered Aug 24 '14 at 14:09
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ええ isn't really all that common among most young people in my experience unless they're trying to sound extra 関西ish. – Brandon Aug 24 '14 at 16:30
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It means ”だね”, and if I am not mistaken can be heard in the 関西 area. For example, せやな is the same as そうだね.
So, いい感じやなぁ would be the same as いい感じだね.
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Answer
As other answerers say, you can replace やな by だな.
[雨]{あめ}[降]{ふ}ったみたいやな。 = 雨降ったみたいだな。 (It looks like it rained.)
これは[君]{きみ}のやな？ = これは君のだな？ (It is yours, isn't it?)
A variety of usages / forms
In the same way, you can replace やね by だね.
やね (だね) is a more familiar variation.
[雨]{あめ}[降]{ふ}ったみたいやね。 = 雨降ったみたいだね。 (It looks like it rained.)
Exception
To express an agreement for someone's thought, せやな and せやね are used in some cases. In these sentences, やな and やね are not replaceable.
A: これ[美味]{うま}そうだな。 (It looks like delicious.)
B: せやな。 (It should be.)
せやな is a correct sentence but せだな is not correct.
Let's replace せ by そう.
せやな。 (Correct)
せだな。 (Incorrect)
そうだな。 (Correct)
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