My question is why is かな being used in this sentence? The person is asking me why I come/came to he site? or wondering why I came to the site? Would かな be added after the の? I am used to seeing かな used in statements not questions.
asked Sep 20, 2019 at 18:16
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3Related: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/37001/32952– jarmanso7Commented Sep 20, 2019 at 18:42
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かな at the end of a question sentence ending with の is a bit of a reflexive ending that provides the nuance of wondering about what is being asked.
Consider, then:
どうしてこのサイトに来てるの？
Why did you come to this site?
vs.
どうしてこのサイトに来てるのかな？
I wonder why you have come to this site.
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1Isn't the nuance more along the lines of "why you come to this site" (regularly) as opposed to "why you have come to this site" (this once)?– By137Commented Sep 21, 2019 at 1:31
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@By137 Because of 来てる (or 来ている), it looks like the question is about why they are there right that moment, as opposed to just 来る which would point to a more habitual action– psosunaCommented Sep 23, 2019 at 18:45