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Old 2008-07-01, 03:22   Link #1619
RandomGuy
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Originally Posted by bungmonkey View Post
EDIT: I often hear people saying "nani o" or "nani o sore" in animes. I get what is being said but I don't really understand how o works in that case grammatically if anybody could elaborate.
You're mishearing it slightly.

They're saying "Nani yo, sore!" which is something like "What is that?!" I would also venture a guess and say the speaker in question is female, since they use "nani yo" rather than "nan da yo," though it doesn't necessarily have to be.
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