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Hey guys! Funny little story from my college Japanese 101 class:
We were reading our phone numbers to each other as a way to practice saying numbers. 7 out of the 10 numbers in my phone number are the same and it sounds pretty funny when saying it in Japanese. When I said my number to my teacher she smiled and said “ほんとうに”. When I looked it up later Jisho says it means “really” or “truly”. However, my teacher was definitely saying it to me in the form of a question as in “Really? that’s actually your phone number?”. However, she definitely didn’t add the か so I guess I’m wondering if for certain words you don’t need to add the か and it will stood be understood as a question?thanks!
LaneIn casual speech, the か often gets dropped – in which case, the fact that it’s a question is marked by rising inflection, same as English. It’s a little weird to use 本当に as a question, though. I would have expected just 本当…
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