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Grammar detail: もんか

もんか  as if; no way
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もんか
is used to create a question while implying that the speaker believes that the opposite is true.
たべるもんか
おも
ってて
/ たべてしまった /
ひと
かし
菓子
line from poem, haiku, dialogue etc.
Thinking I wouldn’t eat it, of course. / But I eat it, after all. / This one little treat.
It can have a somewhat aggressive, sarcastic tone, and so is often used primarily used in male speech.
だれ
するもん
Who cares?
もん
Who cares?
もんか is the combination of a contracted form of もの (thing) and the question particle か. It is sometimes encountered in the form ものか.
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Words used in this grammar

Most common form: ものか
particle
used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!"  (male term or language)
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Kanji used in this grammar

シ   おも to think   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
カ    candy   
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シ   ス   こ child   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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チ   し to know   
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