• Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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    7 months ago

    It’s actually from Korean. The Portuguese arrived at least 700 years after the attestation of Japanese “ne”.

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      That’s kinda what I was thinking, the Korean use of Neh can be flexible enough to be used as a past particle. The Japanese like to ignore or outright white wash the influence and impact of Korean culture on the island.