かなI wonder

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  ThiagoIanuch

  A little late, but I had the same question, but I found the answer when reading about the use of かな on MaggieSensei’s website:

  https://maggiesensei.com/2014/05/26/how-to-use-〜かな-kana/

  Note: If you want to stress uncertainty or your doubt, about whether you can do something or not, you add の(=no)

  →のかな ( = no kana)

  (after a noun, na-adjective add なの ( = nano)

  I believe this should be mentioned in this bunpro lesson.

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  LucasSerafim

  I also got very confused with the の used with some of the examples =/.
  I could not tell where it came from. At first I thought it was nominalization, but it doesn´t seen to be the case.

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  John-Bunpro

  Just to clarify here, the の in のかな is the same as the one in the so-called ‘explanatory’ or ‘contextual’ -んです-のです grammar point (which also is technically a nominalizer or ‘dummy noun’, but it’s a specific usage of it).

  This can be a tricky point to understand because it doesn’t necessarily show up in a natural English translation, but the point is that it’s always connecting what’s being said to something in the larger context.

  A relatively straightforward example I like to use is: say you’re at the office and need to ask a co-worker something. If he seems busy typing something at his computer and you genuinely weren’t sure if it was okay or not, you might say, あっ、すみません。ちょっといいですか？ (or ちょっといいかな？ if you were relatively close friends as well as co-workers and around the same age).

  On the other hand, if you approached him, and he notic...