N3 grammar · Lesson 16

Playing down: 「など」「なんか」「なんて」「とか」

一人ひとりで富士山ふじさんに登のぼったなんて、すごいね。

「など」 「なんか」 「なんて」 「とか」: which is for formal lists, which belittles or is modest, which means “of all things”, and which is hearsay.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「など」: and so on, that kind of thing
  2. 02「なんか」: the spoken “or something”
  3. 03「なんて」: of all things, … or something
  4. 04「とか」: examples and hearsay
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match the phrases to their meanings
  • Choose the right expression
  • Which sentence is natural?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite with the given expression
  • Put the pieces in order

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