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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.
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 ~'.
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:
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