question marker
Structure
- Verb + の ・かい
- Noun + な・の ・かい
- いAdj + の ・かい
- なAdj + なの・かい
strongly masculine
[masculine yes/no question marker]
Both the pages linked in Readings show many examples of using かい without の, but bunpro doesn’t accept that (with a warning). Is it really needed?
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Hey 
it is not, I have fixed it so that now かい by itself is also accepted.
Cheers!
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かい is often discussed in conjunction with だい as masculine question markers. Are there any plans to add だい to this grammar point or have one of it’s own?
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Hi all!
When after a noun or na-adjective, would contracting …なのかい？ to …なんかい？ be correct, in the same way that …なのだ can be contracted to …なんだ in casual speech?
(Last time I checked, …なんかい wasn’t accepted by Bunpro - not sure about now)