Qual è la differenza tra なんとなく e なんとか e なんだか e なんか ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

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nobu_japan

26 nov 2014

Giapponese

Generally,
なんとなく→for some reason
なんとか →somehow
なんだか→somewhat
なんか→something

shuneguchi

26 nov 2014

Giapponese

なんとなく＝feeling like to do something
なんとか＝almost impossible but try to do something
なんだか＝somehow you feel something goes wrong
なんか＝like to do something, but don't know what to do

例: なんとなく昔の友だちに話かけてみた。
=> I don't know why but I started talking to one of my old friends

例: なんとか彼女の携帯電話の番号をゲットした。
=> Finally I got her phone number

例: あのサンドイッチを食べた後からなんだか体調が変だ
=> Somehow I start feeling weird after I ate the sandwich.

例: なんかやりたいけど何をしたいか分からない。
=> I want to do something, but I don't know what to do.

ella

26 nov 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Thank you! your explanations were very helpful!

Isn't なんか also a casual way of say "like" or "somehow"?

also, someone else explained what なんとか meant but I still don't understand very well. Do you mind translating for me?
「なんとか」は手段や方法を尽くして，何かをすることを表しています。

shuneguchi

26 nov 2014

Giapponese

> Isn't なんか also a casual way of say "like" or "somehow"?

yes, you are right.

> also, someone else explained what なんとか meant but I still don't understand very well. Do you mind > translating for me?
> 「なんとか」は手段や方法を尽くして，何かをすることを表しています。

「なんとか」 implies that you have a strong will to accomplish something with no matter what you take.

nobu_japan

26 nov 2014

Giapponese

Sure. Here it goes;

"なんとか" would mean doing something with all your efforts and methods.
"なんとなく" would mean doing something without any reasons or purposes.
"なんだか" would mean that you exactly don't know what's the reason to do something.

nobu_japan

26 nov 2014

Giapponese

Oops! You've deleted your original question! Would you like me to delete my whole translation above too?

sunlight

26 nov 2014

Ebraico

Yes, なんか is also used just like "like" in English - to begin a sentence and make it sound less serious, more casual, etc.

The sentence you wrote means: "なんとか expresses the idea of [somehow] getting something done after exhausting all possible methods and means".
I added "somehow" because the idea here is that you try everything you can think of, and finally manage to get some sort of acceptable result.

ella

26 nov 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Thank you so much guys! I really appreciate the help :)

@nobu_in_japan: sorry for deleting it＞＜ no please don't delete yours as well, it was very helpful!