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Grammar detail: sentence ending particle な

sentence ending particle な
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な can be used instead of ね to end a sentence in casual (and typically male) speech.
そういう
はなし
あった
I guess there was some talk of that.
A common expression in male speech is そうだな (yep, for sure), which is just the casual form of そうですね (that's right, isn't it).
な is also a casual form of negative imperative: the dictionary form of a word plus な means 'do not ~'.
ふくろ
まえ
そのこと
れる

Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.
な can also be used after the question marker か as a way of making a question rhetorical, or to make a statement less definitive in order to express uncertainty. For example:
あの
かみ
って
イメージチェンジした
I think that girl cut her hair to give herself a new look.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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タイ   ふくろ a sack   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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ショク   ふれる    さわ to touch   
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シ   ス   こ child   
ハツ   かみ hair (of the head)   
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セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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