がな – Vocabulary details

がな

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

いずれもう少すこし仲なか良よくなりたいがな。I'd like us to get a bit closer someday.

2. emphatic particle

at sentence-end

そんなこと、言いわれんでもわかってるがな。I know that without being told!

3. particle adding uncertainty

often associated with an interrogative

次つぎがあればいいがな。

I hope there's a next time.

ただの気きのせいだと思おもうがな。

I think it's just my imagination, though.

かなりの手て間まがかかったがな。

It took quite a lot of effort, though.

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