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便利な工具 what does な means
The word 便利 is a so-called な-adjective. When な-adjectives directly modify a noun, な has to be added between it and the noun it's modifying (hence the name).
So, "便利な工具" means "a handy/useful tool".
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な directly after a noun (not a な-adjective)
Whether or not you need だ/です between a noun and a sentence-end particle depends on the choice of the particle. Unfortunately, you have to memorize which requires だ/です. Anyway, each combination has its ...
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便利な工具 what does な means
便利｛べんり｝ is a な-adjective, which is used to modify a noun, in this case, 工具｛こうぐ｝. When modifying a noun, な must be placed after な-adjectives (便利｛べんり｝) and before the noun it modifies(工具｛こうぐ｝).
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Is な used for emphasis or negative imperative in this sentence?
「おまえ、そんな体験したこともねぇのにわかったようなこと言うなっ」
How can I know?
When it's spoken, you could easily tell the difference by the pitch accent:
わかったようなこと[言うな]{LHL} ← negative imperative
わかったようなこと[言うな]{LHH} ← mild ...
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Identifying different ending -な s
As you correctly guessed, particles that happen to share the same character differ according to what grammatical element precedes it.
な that follows terminal forms can be a sentence ending particle ...
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What does this な at the end of the sentence mean?
This な is different from な used in orders (e.g. 行きな or 行くな) and is usually considered to be a stronger/masculine version of ね (but with a more wishful nuance). Sometimes it also occurs in the ...
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Role of な in といってな
Final particles (ね, よ, な, さ) can be thrown in the middle of a sentence in conversation as if fillers.
There are technically two types:
follows the first word/chunk of the sentence
それがね、本物のマツタケなんです ...
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What does な mean in the interjection バカな?
If you say バカな on its own, it's always a short-form of そんなバカなことがあるか.
It means something like "no way!" but it's not criticising the conversation partner. The 馬鹿 is directed at the situation ...
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How is な used here?
I think the な is the negative imperative meaning don't do. So, the speaker is telling 鈴木 to not ask his son. The second sentence shows the speaker's reasoning with the explanatory のだ: because there's ...
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Do 形容動詞 include な?
The answer to this question is actually arguably "it depends on who you're talking to".
For English, most grammarians share a pretty consistent view of how the language grammar is described ...
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What does this な at the end of the sentence mean?
Here な is one of those emotive particles that can get tagged to the end of a sentence. I'm not entirely sure what the 「タッタッタ」 part is about, but otherwise the sentence is saying, kind of dreamily and ...
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What does でござんしょうな mean in 馬車はいつ出るのでござんしょうな
ござんしょう is ございましょう said with an accent. でございましょう is a politer version of でしょう. な is a sentence-end particle (the same な as in ～かな).
馬車はいつ出るのでござんしょうな。
≒ 馬車はいつ出るのでございましょうな。
≒ 馬車はいつ出るのでしょうな。
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Role of な in といってな
This な is a masculine filler particle meaning nothing. If you know ね, さ or よ used like this, this な works the same way.
Examples of filler-な:
What is the にはな used for in the following sentence?
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Do 形容動詞 include な?
When you talk about the word, it's 好き. （だろ だっ・で・に だ な なら NA） are the conjugation list of 形容動詞 in modern Japanese (口語). 好きだ is called 基本形, 好き being 語幹 (stem). 好きな is just a 形 of this word--連体形, the ...
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だ versus な in causal subordinate clauses
This explanation is tautological but I just have to say it's because から follows a terminal form, which of the copula is だ while の is a kind of noun, which needs an attributive form to be modified, ...
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Identifying different ending -な s
な attached to dictionary form of a verb means "Don't".
な attached to 連用形(continue form) of a verb means "order"
な in this context is used when he asks someone for agreement or a response. For ...
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Is な used for emphasis or negative imperative in this sentence?
I think it's a negative imperative, also considering the derogative おまえ at the beginning. The english translation would be:
Hey, don't talk like you understand when you've never had such an ...
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I need some help understanding the grammar of しのげそうな in この寒さをしのげそうな防寒服を手渡され
しのぐ (dictionary form) "to endure"/"to stave off"/"keep out" etc..この寒さをしのぐ = keep out this cold.
しのげる = potential form of しのぐ = able to keep out
しのげそうな = attributive form of そうだ added to masu-stem of ...
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I need some help understanding the grammar of しのげそうな in この寒さをしのげそうな防寒服を手渡され
そうな is indeed そう + particle な, where the な here is the same noun-modifying な as in 綺麗な or 静かな.
しのげ is the stem of しのげる, the potential form of verb 凌【しの】ぐ, "to get through something, to endure ...
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Position of な in this sentence
静かis a な adjective, where as 人 is the noun. When you use な adjective before a noun, the な will be attached with the adjective, not with the noun.
So, 静かな人 is correct, 人な静か wrong.
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What does the 「をな」mean in this sentence?
It's two particles; を happens to be followed by な.
を is a plain object marker, but apparently it marks an object in the previous sentence. Is there a transitive verb without a corresponding object in ...
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Why is "な" in "円滑な活動を助ける" not "に"?
It's simply because 円滑 adjectivally modifies 活動, not 助ける, in this sentence. What's smooth in this context is the 活動 (activity) itself, not the manner of helping/promoting. In other words, the speaker ...
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楽しんでいるなと思います（なの意味）
An extension to the "casually concluding" な explained by @l'électeur
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な adds the nuance/emotional quality of "I wonder" to the sentence, be it positive, neutral, or negative. Granted, ...
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non sentence ending な in this comedic conversation
are normal sentence ending な but what how was ヒネくれてん abbreviated?
てん is a short slang form to ている
what are the な in
レンチなだけ and ヒネる工具なだけに?
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Is there another meaning for 逃げるな？
「小鳥、逃げるな。」
It can mean either "Don't run away/escape" (negative imperative) or "(I think) ~~ will run away/escape". It depends on the context. For example...
「あっ、待て！小鳥、逃げるな！」 -- would be interpreted ...
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「なのだなと理解する」- what does the second な mean?
So here it is important to note the function of another particle 「と」in the sentence. As goo辞書 explains:
（文や句をそのまま受けて）動作・作用・状態の内容を表す。引用の「と」。
「そのまま」tells us when「と」is present you can leave the ...
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名詞 + なだけ: 志望なだけある
The な is 連体形 of だ, and as you see, it can be omitted (or replaced by である).
女優志望だけあって
女優志望なだけあって
（女優志望であるだけあって)
All of these mean the same. (Except であるだけあって is clumsy; it sounds less so in the last ...
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