だ
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| Character | だ |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | HIRAGANA LETTER DA |
| Codepoint | U+3060 |
See also Appendix:Variations of "da"
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[edit] Japanese
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[edit] Etymology 1
The hiragana character た (ta) with a dakuten (゛).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /da/
[edit] Syllable
だ (Hepburn romanization da)
[edit] Related terms
- For a list of words starting with だ (da), see: Special:Allpages/だ
[edit] See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ [edit]
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Verb
だ (romaji da)
- to be
[edit] Usage notes
This word is a enclitic just like other particles. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi) in traditional Japanese grammar, because of its particle-like phonological behavior.
[edit] Synonyms
- である
- や (Kansai dialect)
- じゃ (Some western dialects. Also used in archaic speech in fictional characters)
[edit] Conjugation
| Stem Forms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | では | de wa |
| Continuative (連用形) | で | de |
| Terminal (終止形) | だ です でございます |
da desu de gozaimasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | である | de aru |
| Classical Imperfective (已然形) Hypothetical (仮定形) |
なら | nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | N/A | N/A |
| Key Constructions | ||
| Volitional | だろう でしょう でございましょう |
darō deshō de gozaimashō |
| Negative | ではない じゃない ではありません じゃありません ではございません |
de wa nai ja nai de wa arimasen ja arimasen de wa gozaimasen |
| Negative Continuative | ではなくて じゃなくて |
de wa nakute ja nakute |
| Perfective | だった でした でございました |
datta deshita de gozaimashita |
| Conjunctive | で | de |
| Hypothetical Conditional | ならば であれば |
naraba de areba |