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どんな

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
何様な (literary)
何様 (literary)
甚麼 (literary, obsolete)
什麼 (literary, obsolete)

Etymology

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Contraction of どの(よう) (dono yō na).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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どんな (donnairregular

  1. how?; like what?; what kind of...?
    どんなとき
    Donna toki mo.
    In any case.
  2. which one?

Inflection

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Only used in adnominal form どんな (donna) and adverbial どんなに (donna ni).

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Synonyms

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See also

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Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)
so-
“that”
(close to listener)
a-
“that over there”
(far from both)
do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera)
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これら (korera no) それら (sorera no) あれら (arera no)
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
こういう (kō iu) そういう (sō iu) ああいう (ā iu) どういう (dō iu)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
こっから (kokkara) そっから (sokkara) どっから (dokkara)
Direction / Human こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こなた (konata) そなた (sonata) あなた (anata) どなた (donata)
Direction こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう () そう () ああ (ā)** どう ()
Degree これくらい (kore kurai) それくらい (sore kurai) あれくらい (are kurai) どれくらい (dore kurai)
これだけ (kore dake) それだけ (sore dake) あれだけ (are dake) どれだけ (dore dake)
これほど (kore hodo) それほど (sore hodo) あれほど (are hodo) どれほど (dore hodo)

* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
† potentially rude or derogatory

The kanji () (ko), () (so), () (a), and () (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN