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かな [spec1] かなあ [spec1] かなー [spec1] かなぁ
1. [prt]
《at sentence end》
▶ I wonder
2. [prt]
《at sentence end》
▶ should I?
▶ is it?
3. [prt]
《at sentence end; with a negative》
▶ I wish that
▶ I hope that



History:
6. A 2018-05-13 19:06:41  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2018-04-30 10:39:31  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams
 かな	97787040
 かなあ	 4777596
 かなー	 4493859
 かなぁ	No matches
Seems the G n-grams cannot handle ぁ but there are examples of かなぁ in Tatoeba
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10,8 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かなー</reb>
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かなぁ</reb>
4. A 2018-02-22 03:51:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>(at sentence end) I wonder</gloss>
+<s_inf>at sentence end</s_inf>
+<gloss>I wonder</gloss>
@@ -17 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>(at sentence end) should I?</gloss>
+<s_inf>at sentence end</s_inf>
+<gloss>should I?</gloss>
@@ -22 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>(at sentence end) I wish that (with a negative)</gloss>
+<s_inf>at sentence end; with a negative</s_inf>
+<gloss>I wish that</gloss>
3. A 2012-10-25 04:25:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2012-10-18 07:45:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not sure if it's necessarily better to start with "(at 
sentence end)" but phrases like "question prt" are a bit 
confusing when they come in the meaning of a gloss. This is 
also how よ is currently formatted (but not か).
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@
-<gloss>I wonder</gloss>
+<gloss>(at sentence end) I wonder</gloss>
@@ -17,1 +17,1 @@
-<gloss>should I? (question prt when thinking out loud)</gloss>
+<gloss>(at sentence end) should I?</gloss>
@@ -22,1 +22,1 @@
-<gloss>I wish that (with a negative)</gloss>
+<gloss>(at sentence end) I wish that (with a negative)</gloss>
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