っけ

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

A shift from けり (keri, an auxiliary verb forming the past tense or showing realization).[1]

Particle

っけ • (kke) 

  1. again? particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
    この単(たん)語(ご)の意(い)味(み)は何(なん)でしたっけ？
    Kono tango no imi wa nan deshita kke?
    What was the meaning of this word, again?
    へー、そうだったっけ。
    Hē, sō datta kke.
    Huh, is that so.

References

  1. ^ “け”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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