とか
とか
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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
Meaning
I heard that A; apparently A (casual, reporting hearsay without being fully sure of the details)
Conjugation
(A)Vplain + とか: (A)Adjい + とか
Examples
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田中さんは来月結婚するとか。
今、インフルエンザが流行っているとか。
駅前に新しいラーメン屋ができるとか聞いたよ。
山田さんの話では、あの映画はすごく面白いとか。
マリーさんによると、フランスの文化はイギリスの文化とぜんぜん違うとか。
彼女は料理が上手だとか。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 田中さんは旅行したとか彼の家は誰もいない。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 田中さんは旅行に行っているとか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: とか does not join two clauses as a reason or sequence. For hearsay it ends the reported statement.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 彼女は料理が上手なとか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼女は料理が上手だとか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Before とか, na-adjectives and nouns take the plain form (上手だ / 学生だ), not the attributive な.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: (When you saw it yourself) 昨日、私は雨に降られたとか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 昨日、雨に降られたよ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Hearsay とか is for information obtained from others. For things you experienced directly, state them plainly.
Key points
Used in casual conversation to pass on information you heard from someone else, often only vaguely. It is often placed at the end of a sentence, or followed by 聞いた/言っていた. Compared with そうだ and らしい, it sounds softer and less certain, and it is not used for things you saw yourself or in formal writing. Na-adjectives and nouns take the plain form (静かだとか, not 静かなとか).
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