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Seemingly non-interrogative use of sentence-ending か
I keep on coming across the particle か at the end of sentences without it having a clear or necessary interrogative nuance.
An example. The 1st Angel in Neon Genesis Evangelion is regenerating itself ...
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Confusion between 誰でも and 誰か
I was practicing and tried to write the following sentence in Japanese: Anyone playing games on PS4 or Switch?
誰でもPS4でゲームをやっていますか。スイッチでゲームをやっていますか。
A few minutes later my sentence was corrected to
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Indirect questions nested inside phrases
Trying to use interrogative words in nested (indirect ?) questions has been troublesome for me.
First came things like:
先生が何を言ったか知らない
Which I guess means "I don´t know what the teacher said". So ...
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Unsure about this usage of か
I recently encountered this sentence:
床には血痕が残っている。かなり時間が経つのか血が固まっている。
I believe I understand that the second part is saying the blood is dry (or has hardened) because quite some time has passed. I'...
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What is the use of か in 売り始めるか〜
I was reading an article and I came across this sentence:
車の会社がいつごろこのような自動運転の車を売り始めるか予想しました
What exactly does the か in this sentence/what is the meaning?
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