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donnani - (koto) ka / d6se 41

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1. In the exclamatory structure of donna ni - koto ka, Adj(i/ na) or psy-
chological 1 physiological verb is used before koto ka. The psychologi-
cal verbs include, among others, aisuru 'love,' nikumu 'hate,' konomu
'like' and the physiological verbs include, among others, tsukareru 'get
tired,' ase o kaku 'sweat,' furueru 'shiver.'
2. When the structure is used as an embedded question, koto is omitted, as
in KS(C) and Ex.(f).

lkani - (koto) ka and dorehodo - (koto) ka can be used exactly the same way
as donnani - (koto) ka. The only difference is that the former is a more for-
mal written style.

in any case:-anyway; at all
er writer's feeling that no matter events; after all; at all
what she does or how she does it,