わ (2)

Particle (Basic ㊦ 520)

A sentence final particle used in weak assertive or volitional sentences by a female speaker.

私も明日のパーティーに行くわ。
I'll go to tomorrow's party, too.
大木さんはもう帰りましたわ。
Mr. Ooki has already gone home.
久子はまだ学生ですわ。
Hisako is still a student.
この部屋は小さいわ。
This room is small.

Notes

1. The sentence particle わ is used only in female speech and expresses the speaker's weak assertion or volition. In addition, わ sometimes expresses the speaker's intimacy or friendliness.

2. わ can follow any declarative sentence, but cannot follow the volitional forms of verbs. Thus, the following sentence is ungrammatical.

Note that わ cannot be used in questions.

3. Other sentence particles such as ね and よ can occur with くぁ. In this case, わ must precede these particles.