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Grammar detail: sentence ending particle の
sentence ending particle の - question or emphasis
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The particle の can be used at the end of a sentence as an informal alternative to か to indicate a question. の used in this way can follow a plain verb, an い adjective, or either a noun or a な adjective followed by な (i.e. as なの).
When の is used as a question marker in this way, it is pronounced with a rise in pitch. It can also be used *without* a rise in pitch to indicate a statement - often as a way of emphasizing the fact, or even stating it in a somewhat passive-aggressive way.
の is also commonly used in feminine speech to indicate emphasis, roughly the equivalent of よ.
It is usually easy to tell from context which of the forms is being used, but in a written sentence (especially on its own) it can be harder to tell the difference!
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