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Character  だ 
Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER DA
Codepoint U+3060

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Japanese [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology 1 [edit]

The hiragana character  (ta) with a dakuten ().

Pronunciation [edit]

Syllable [edit]

(Hepburn romanization da)

  1. The hiragana syllable  (da), whose equivalent in katakana is  (da).
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Contraction of ある (de aru)

Verb [edit]

(romaji da)

  1. to be
Usage notes [edit]

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.

Synonyms [edit]
  • である
  • (Kansai dialect)
  • じゃ (Some western dialects. Also used in archaic speech in fictional characters)
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of だ
Stem Forms
Imperfective (未然形) では de wa
Continuative (連用形) de
Terminal (終止形)
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 de
Hypothetical Conditional ならば
であれば
naraba
de areba