がなあ – Vocabulary details

がなあ

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

静しずかにしてくれたらいいんだがなあ。

I wish you would be quiet.

私わたしのおじさんたちが百ひゃく万まん長ちょう者じゃであればいいがなあ。

I wish my uncles were millionaires.

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