Vocab Info
A2 Particle
がなparticle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. 'it would be nice if ...', 'I wish there were ...', etc.), emphatic particle, particle adding uncertainty
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Particle
1.
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
at sentence-end,See Also:
Particle
2.
Particle
3.
particle adding uncertainty
often associated with an interrogative
All Forms
がな、がなあ
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風邪をひいた…早く治るといいんだがな。
I caught a cold... It would be nice if it gets better soon.
息子はもう30歳。結婚相手が見つかると良いんだがな。
My son is already 30 years old. It would be nice if he could find a marriage partner.
社長が僕を気に入ってくれるといいんだがな…上手くいかないな。
I wish the company's president would take a liking to me...but things aren't going well.
お金が空から降ってくれば良いんだがな…そんな事は起きないよなぁ…。
'If only money fell from the sky... but such a thing won't happen, huh...'
人間が不死身になればいいんだがな…そうすれば妻とずっと一緒にいれる。
'It would be nice if humans could become immortal... then I could be with my wife forever.'
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